“所罗门的判决”型刘伯温故事探析

Analysis on Liu Bowen’s Story of“The Judgment of Solomon”Type

“所罗门的判决”是世界范围内广为流传的经典故事,关键情节在于判决者通过对人心的洞察和试探来辨别真假母亲。在故事中,刘伯温也常采取这种“试探式”的断案方法,据此可以将这类型的断案故事统一归为“所罗门的判决”型故事,并进一步分为“二母争子型”“浮脂辨盗型”“问鸟破案型”三类。“所罗门的判决”型故事突出表现了刘伯温的智慧和敏锐的洞察力。

As a classic story that is widely circulated around the world,the key plot of “The Judgment of Solomon”lies in the judge’s insight and temptation of the humanity to distinguish between true and false mothers.In the story,such kind of“tentative”method of solving cases was often adopted by Liu Bowen.Accordingly,this type of case-breaking story could be uniformly classified as a“The Judgment of Solomon”type story.In addition,it was further divided into three categories,namely,“two mothers fighting for one children”,“using floating fat to distinguish thieves”,and“consulting birds to solve cases”.In these stories,Liu Bowen’s wisdom and keen insight were highlighted.