To Express Intention In Mundane Life

To express intention in mundane life is the basic point to read and study JIN PING MEI. However, people actually either emphasize the intention or favor the description of mundane life. With better knowledge of late Ming dynasty society and culture as well as rediscovery of JIN PING MEI's literature value, to express intention in mundane life becomes the new viewpoint of reading and re-explaining the classical literature.With reading experience as the foundation, question as guidance, narration thought as the basic point, the article analyzes and concludes from five aspects on the book's narration.The first chapter talks about the author's contrastive narration. The article argues that discrepancy comparison is the basic idea the author explains mundane life. Contrastive narration such as cold and hot, break and construct, true and false, spirit and physics, is the reflection of the author's world view and life philosophy.In the second chapter argues the author's city life consciousness. Floating gorgeous city life is an essential character of late Ming dynasty's urban society. The author's rich city life experience is reflected in the narration of JIN PING MEI, which strengthens the books communication with the outside world, and eases readers' understanding of the social environment. The third chapter analyzes the book's driving force of narration. From the text, the death concept is embodied in the large amount of sexual activity description. People who hungers for life in the book are doomed death by the author. Death in the light of life is the inner clue of the narration.The fourth chapter reveals the author's value option of and responds to whether the author is inclined to Confucianism, Buddhism, or Taoism. The article finds that the author praises all the three religions beliefs but mocks those who cheat in the name of religious belief. Eventually the author tells people the wisdom of daily life ethics. Positive attitude on daily life brings life hope, not as previously deemed that the author wished people to turn into religion.In the fifth chapter, JIN PING MEFs writing style is described and analyzed. Trivialism is the author's approach of expressing specific life experience and it makes exploration that has far-reaching influence on China's novel development.Essentially, by reflection and understanding of JIN PING MEFs narration, the article intends to clarify the way the author expresses the essence and meaning of life experience and its significance on thought and culture history. Therefore, the article emphasizes the fact JIN PING MEI narrates thought, not just an extension of the narration approach.