The Comparative Study On Detailed And Abridged Edition Of The Water Margin

The "Water Margin" as a classic classical hero legend,research on the later novel has a very important influence.Since handed down from ancient times,there are a variety of different versions of academic research on its various versions art growing.This paper choose "Water Margin" versions of Rongyutang detailed edition and Shuangfengtang in short form as an example,discussing concrete from the following several aspects:The first chapter compare the differences of Rongyutang and Shuangfengtang.This part from chapter title art,the poetry rhyme,characters,illustrations and criticism,comparing the five aspects.in chapter title arts,Rongyutang than Shuangfengtang pay more attention to the antithesis art and the characters in the nickname are also more neatly.In terms of poetry rhyme,Rongyutang in the full text has a large number of poems rhyme,rich literary breath;But very little Shuangfengtang's poetry,is part of the displacement page above.In terms of character,Rongyutang features a lot of characters with ink,relatively full,vivid image;Few words,Shuangfengtang depict character isn't vivid enough.In terms of illustrations,Rongyutang's illustrations are graceful and excellent quality;Shuangfengtang's illustrations are rough lines and mechanical characters.In the criticism,the Rongyutang stood on the reader's point of view,published critics' views;Shuangfengtang stood on the author's point of view,tip contains the mood more gentle.The second chapter explains the cause of different versions.Water Margin between various versions are more or less different,from the external form and internal content has certain difference,the reasons for this situation is also varied,starting from the propagation process of publishing cultural and aesthetic aspects of citizens to discuss the reasons of the different versions.First of all,owners due to the economic interests and despise the quality of the book,coursing the version change in the process of spreading,and signet words.Second,due to the change of social ideological trend and to the change of the citizens' aesthetic,the owner to personalized processing of novel,the text add deletion.This article by comparing the text details of Rongyutang and Shuangfengtang,found that there are marks on clear cuting detailed edition.So,"Water Margin" short form is cut detailed edition.