千古文人名士梦——论二月河小说的名士情怀

The Sentiment toward Unconventional Scholars in Er Yue He's Novels

二月河帝王系列小说塑造了三种类型的名士形象;布衣系列、王室系列和臣相系列。与《红楼梦》所塑造的名士形象相比,二月河小说具有三个显著特点,即致力于打造真名士,写出名教与自然的统一,注重展示人物外在的名士风采。二月河小说的名士情怀既继承了中国传统小说名士的美学思想,又具有不可忽视的文化精神内涵和恒久的美学价值。

Er Yue He in his novels about emperors created images of three types of unconventional scholars (or 名士 in Chinese, similar to the Bohemians): those of humble social status, those from the imperial families and those as court officials. He tried to describe unconventional scholars in the true sense of the term, laying stress on the unity of moral concepts and Nature as well as the external charm of the scholars. The sentiment in his novels inherited the old tradition of the attachment to such scholars in Chinese novels, and possessed great cultural and aesthetic values.