明清“世说体”小说的旨趣建构——从《初潭集》的“神”到《女世说》的“情”

The Construction of Gist in the Ming and Qing Dynasties“Shishuo Style”Novels——From“Shen”in Chutanji to“Qing”in Women’s Shishuo

直到晚明,“世说体”小说的旨趣才终于成熟建构起来。晚明李贽《初潭集》与清初李清《女世说》是明清“世说体”小说中的突出之作,两者承继了《世说新语》的核心文学价值,先后以“神”和“情”为旨趣统驭门类设立,具有形式和内容高度统一的特点。从“神”到“情”的沿革,是晚明清初士人因具体处境变化而带来的心态和理想人格追求的调整性发展,在根本上,它们都充分表现出编撰者对《世说新语》旨趣的深刻领会。

It was not until the late Ming Dynasty that the gist of the“Shishuo style”novel was finally matured and constructed.Li Zhi’s Chutanji in the late Ming Dynasty and Li Qing’s Women’s Shishuo in the early Qing Dynasty are the outstanding works of“Shishuo style”novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.The two inherited the core literary values of the Shishuoxinyu,and successively set up their own categories with the purpose of“Shen”and“Qing”,characterized by a high degree of unity in form and content.The evolution from“Shen”and“Qing”is the adjusted development of the mentality and ideal personality pursuit of scholars in the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty which brought about by the change of their specific situation.Fundamentally,they all fully demonstrate the compiler’s deep understanding of the purpose of Shishuoxinyu.