论中国古代小说中的“牧童指路”事象——以明清通俗小说为例

On the Phenomenon of"Shepherd Boy Pointing the Way "in Ancient Chinese Novels——Taking the Popular Novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties as an Example

“披蓑衣、戴斗笠、骑黄牛、拿木笛、指明路”的牧童形象一直为学界关注,文章试以明清通俗小说为主体,探究中国古代小说中的“牧童指路”,从小说文本中“牧童指路”的类型、产生的原因以及此类形象的叙事功能三个维度展开,以期对“牧童指路”事象作初步探讨,拓宽对古代小说叙事的认识维度。

The image of the shepherd boy"wearing a robe,wearing a cloak,riding a scalper,holding a wooden flute,and pointing the way"has always ttracted the atention of the academic circles.This paper tries to explore the"shepherd boy guiding the way"in ancient Chinese novels with the text of popular novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties as the main body,and analyzes from the three dimensions including the type of""shepherd boy guiding the way"in the novel text,the reasons for its production and the narrative function of such images,in order to make a preliminary discussion on the phenomenon of"shepherd boy guiding the way"and broaden the understanding dimension of ancient novel narrative.