The Comprehensive Study On The Author Of Tang Romance

Since the20th Century，the research of Tang prose romances had graduallyprosperity and gained impressive results. Many researchers not only gave a closeverification to legend’s text, but also mad a thorough analysis of the thoughtconnotation, art system and historical stages. However, the comprehensive researchesof the author of Tang Romances are small in number.Thus,the paper selects this angle.Under the materials collection, take the author of Tang prose romances as researchobject, based on previous research fruits, the paper makes a comprehensive analysisand comments on the authorial identity, culture and creative motives of Tang proseromances. The paper is mainly divided into three parts. The first part mainly analysesthe authorial identity of Tang prose romances. Tang Dynasty Imperial Examinationhad the profound influence to the creation of Tang prose romances. The prevail of“WenJuan”and”XingJuan”made many literates created the Tang prose romances inorder to get an official rank. Then a Chin-Shih Group of the author of Tang proseromances formed. The dense historical atmosphere in Tang makes literati takecompiling imperial history as their life good fortune and struggle for it.So,aconsiderable part of authors were the historian or had the experience of historicalnarrative; At the same time, compared with the prose, the Tang Poems should not beequated.However,many authors of prose also have a dual identity of poet,therefore,thethe authors of Tang prose romances have multiple identities. The second partdiscussed the cultivation of Tang prose romances. The dense historical atmosphere inTang makes literati take compiling imperial history as their life good fortune.simultaneously because Tang prose romances are synthesis of various styles whichgenerally includes poems, prose, and descriptive prose and so on, thus it alsopromotes to some extent them to have high literature training. Chapter three is thewriting motive of the authors and will illustrate in six respective parts.The paper make a comprehensive research of the author of Tang prose romanceswith diagram analysis method, explorative method, comparison method and so on.The conclusions as follows:First,the author of Tang prose romances have multiplecharacteristic, or for scholars,or for historians, or for poets and someone has two orthree identities;Second,whether in the aspect of history or literature, nobody canachieve their greatest achievements which have an inseparable relationship with the whole cultural atmosphere in Tang Dynasty, the classics they read when child andtheir ideal and pursuit;Third,the author’s motive of creation were diversity, for purerecreational purposes, for some purposes of mutual backbiting, express their literarytalent, promote Buddhist to punish the world and express the unfair appeal of hearts.Certainly, they also praise the world of virtue. The person’s psychology is verycomplex, so their motivation is not a single, a prose works may be mixed with moremotivation.The significance of creation as follows: First, in the topic selection, this thesismakes a comprehensive and systematic analysis of relevant issues about Tang proseromances. Second, in the research method, it endeavors innovation and applies thetheories and methods of other areas. Third, in the research contents, the researchobjects are not only limited in a certain author of Tang Romances and not limited in acertain part of the author, but it makes a comprehensive and overall research. Alsothere also list the related information of these authors.