《镜花缘》雅集书写及其文化意蕴

The Collection Writing of Flowers in the Mirror and Its Cultural Implication

清代李汝珍的《镜花缘》是“以小说见才学”的代表作,其描述的雅集活动是作者“论学说艺”的载体。小说叙述了上苑雅集、女学塾雅集、卞园雅集等六次雅集活动。这些雅集书写具有揭示主题、预示情节发展的作用,也是导致小说结构碎片化、人物形象雷同化等艺术缺点的因素。就文化内涵来说,《镜花缘》的雅集书写折射了清代盛极一时的才女文化,以及乾嘉学术风气对整个社会文化的浸染。厘清雅集与文本、社会文化的关系,有助于对该书的思想倾向做出正确评价。

LI Ruzhen’s Flowers in the Mirror in the Qing Dynasty is an example of“learning from novels”and the activities described are the carrier of his“theory of art”.The novel narrates six gathering activities,such as Shangyuan gathering,women’s school gathering and Bianyuan gathering.These elegant collections have the function of revealing the theme and predicting the development of the plot,and are also the factors that lead to the artistic shortcomings such as the fragmentation of the novel structure and the similarity of the characters.In terms of cultural connotation,the collection writing of Flowers in the Mirror reflects the talented woman culture of the Qing Dynasty and the influence of the academic atmosphere of Qianjia on the whole social culture.To clarify the relationship between the collection and the text and social culture is helpful to make a correct evaluation of the ideological tendency of the book.