The traditional concept of immortal and ghost as well as the historical background ofwars and the system of feudal ethical code and family status together produce numerousman-ghost love novels, which implicitly reflects people’s longing for happiness and freedom.As a reflection of social society in the literary creation, the unique type of man-ghost storyhas profound social and cultural factors and values in different aspects, playing a connectingrole in literary history. In terms of content, it is able to build a story mode, so as to furtherexpress deep social ideological connotation; in terms of form, some articles are alreadyequipped with a complete structure of story and rough descriptive skills, though man-ghostlove does not exist in reality, it conveys deep cultural implication which deserves an in-depthstudy.This paper takes the man-ghost love story in In Search of the Supernatural as the objectof study, and it starts by tracing the origin of the man-ghost love, refines the type of storybased on the text, and then analyzes the formation of the man-ghost love story from aspects ofcontent setting and artistic characteristics. By combining with the complex historicalbackground, the paper conducts an in-depth study of the nature of love in man-ghost lovestory from cultural, social and literati’s psychological aspects. |