魏晋南北朝志怪小说作家的创作心态

The Writing Psychology of Absurd Novels in Wei-Jin and Worthern and Southern Dynasties

志怪小说表面上“张皇鬼神 ,称道灵异” ,其实质是对生死、性爱、安全的关注。而这种内心情感的萌动与渴望 ,在现实中是难以实现或根本无法实现的 ,但它却在神道世界中实现了 ,神道世界则成为志怪小说潜意识的载体 ,这才是志怪小说作家认为“神道之不诬”的真实原因。这也是鲁迅先生所说的文人创作志怪小说的一种潜藏心态 ,这是介于教徒“自神其教”与“有意为小说”

Absurd Novels seem to be about ghosts and monsters superficially, but show great concern on life, death, sexual love and safety in essence. But such inner feelings and desires can hardly or never be realized in real life. However, they can become a reality in the ghost world, which becomes a subconscious carrier of absurd novels. That's why the ghost world is not thought as weird at all. It is also what Lu Xun considered the hidder psychology of ghost story writers. It's a writing status of mind existing between serving their own god and writing for the sake of witing as well.