神秘预言与古代小说“铭知发者”母题

Mysterious Predictions and the Motif of the Predicted Digger in Ancient Novels

“铭知发者”母题有着多种文化内蕴,在小说中,往往起到预言——应验的功能,渲染了英雄的神性,交代天书得主非其莫属,作为幸运英雄发迹的一个契机,与英雄兵器神授的母题贯通,还偶或与幸运英雄的婚姻大事产生纠葛。充分凝聚和发挥了关于墓葬的神秘风俗与思维传统,使预言具有了超越时间限制的威力,艺术地成为宿命规定性的一个确凿证据。

The motif of the predicted digger is of various cultural implications. It often plays a function of making predictions and realizing them in the novel, overstates the godlike qualities of the hero, and demonstrates that he is the only master of the sealed book, which is a most favorable chance of the hero development, which associates with the motif of the hero' s God - given weapon. Occasionally, it is at odds with the marriage of the hero. It fully condenses and brings to the fullest extent the mysterious customs and traditional thoughts concerning burials so that predictions possess the powerful force of transcending times. The work becomes a definite proof of foreordained events.