天书奇谭:还珠楼主“蜀山”小说的宝物书写

Legend of Sealed Book:Writings of Treasure in Novels about Shushan by Huanzhu Louzhu

在建构以《蜀山剑侠传》为文本核心的“蜀山”小说的艺术世界之际,还珠楼主应用到多种具有民间文化韵味的元素,天书奇谭即是其中之一。以中国民间故事类型的角度而论,“天书”属于神奇宝物的一种书写形式。在“蜀山”小说中,还珠楼主以天书奇谭为叙述重心,既建构出与之相关的命名、内容等小说叙事要素,也创造了因正邪两派的夺宝行为而引发的一系列“天书”故事。当天书奇谭被文学创作者转换成武林秘籍进行再创作之后,两者便同时附着于天书母题的文学书写链之上,从而显示出中国通俗文学古今之间的内在精神渊源。

When constructing the artistic world of the novels about Shushan that take the Story of Swordsman from Shushan as the core text,Huanzhu Louzhu applied lots of elements from folk culture,the legend of sealed book was one of them.From the perspective of Chinese:folk story types,sealed book is one of the forms about the writing of treasure.In the novels about Shushan,Huanzhu Louzhu took the story of the legend of sealed book as the narrative emphasis,not only constructed the related narrative elements such as name and content,but also created many stories about sealed book caused by the raiding of treasure between the good and the evil.When the legend of sealed book being transformed into the secret books of martial arts by literary creators,both were attached to the chain of writing about the motif of sealed book,thus showing the inner spiritual connection between ancient and modern Chinese popular literature.