《歧路灯》的“理治小说”价值

Values of“Country-governing”Novel in The Lamp over the Branch Road

李绿园《歧路灯》是一部“理治小说”,是皇权时代士族阶层的教子宝典、治家龟鉴、救世良箴。其以理学为小说,理学成为小说的灵魂,小说成为理学的载体,扩大加深了理学对小说的影响,在中国小说史上是一个成功的创造。李绿园是中国古代小说家中最大的理学家,理学家中最优秀的小说家。《歧路灯》是宋代以来作为“理学名区”的中州对中国古代小说的一个独特贡献!

Li Lvyuan's"The Lamp over the Branch Road"as a kind of novel concerning country governance remains the Godson's treasure of the aristocratic class in the era of imperial power,the mirror of statecraft,and the good motto of salvation.It embraces Confucianism in the novel,which becomes its soul,and the novel becomes the carrier of Confucianism,which expands and deepens the influence of Confucianism and represents a successful creation in the history of Chinese novels.Li Lvyuan is the largest and the best Neo-Confucianist among the ancient Chinese novelists.The Lamp over the Branch Road plays its unique contribution as the central land of"famous Confucian domain"since the Song Dynasty among ancient Chinese novels.