The Theory Of "liao Zhai Zhi Yi" Is The Succession And Development Of The Ancient Chinese Narrative Literature

In the history of literature, Liaozhaizhiyi has the research value. Liaozhaizhiyi isimportant and useful. Liaozhaizhiyi is a classic literature work with a collection of about 500stories by Pu Songling of the Qing Dynasty about three hundred years ago.The research Onthe Liaozhaizhiyi is helpful to deepen the understanding of this book.Liaozhaizhiyi ,as the peak of ancient Chinese short story, has irreplaceable researchvalue in the history of literature.There was not an isolated phenomenon for this book’sappearance. Liaozhaizhiyi’s text was a concentration of earlier works with similar subjectmatter. To discuss and to sort out the inherited relationship of Liaozhaizhiyi and those workscan not only clear the developmental trace of novel history, but also can deepen theunderstanding of Liaozhaizhiyi. The essay focuses on discussions about Liaozhaizhiyi’sartistic forms, subject matters, character images and its stories’inheritance and developmentof ancient Chinese narrative literature, with the research method of comparative analysis.On the aspect of artistic form, this essay mainly talks about the old writing style-inherited and innovative narrative art, story regulations and formats, and orientation ofaesthetics of Liaozhaizhiyi. Pu Songling, the writer of Liaozhaizhiyi wants to express theswitch of Liaozhaizhiyi’s narrative points, the combination of narrative angles of view, theinstallation of narrative format and the use of narrative images to his readers. Also, whenwriting Liaozhaizhiyi, Pu was referenced the writing format of ancient Chinese historicalworks, and combined the styles of classical ghost novels and legendary stories. For PuSongling, he was deeply influenced by traditional Chinese historical aesthetic standard , andhe had really special idea of tragedy and comedy, elegant and vulgar styles. These atheisticthings will be researched and discussed in this essay.Admittedly, Liaozhaizhiyi was not totally perfect and revolutionary work. But we cannotdeny that it feels no regret to be treated as a milestone in the history of ancient Chinese novelhistory.