A Study Of The Fiction Anthologies About "Yan Yi" In Ming Dynasty

Wang Shizhen compiles Yan Yi Bian which is the earliest fiction anthology about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty. This collection’s works mainly include two categories, namely Yan and Yi. The Yan works mainly describes the stories about love or eroticism, and the Yi works mainly are mainly about the weird, strange story. After more than 100 years of the publication of Yan Yi Bian, this kind of fiction anthology about this theme continued to grow and develop. There are two categories which are related to it:the first category are the sequels of Yan Yi Bian, such as Guang Yan Yi Bian, Xu Yan Yi Bian and so on, the second are the works caused by the categories of Yan Yi Bian, such as Gong Yan, Qing Ni Lian Hua Ji. In this paper, the first category works are the research objects, because they can contain the theme of Yan and Yi, with specific research texts are Yan Yi Bian, Guang Yan Yi Bian, Xu Yan Yi Bian, and we named them the Fiction Anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty.In this, fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty are the research objects, this paper will discuss them in detail and in depth. This paper is divided into six parts, the specific explanations as follows:The first part:this paper will define the concept of the fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty firstly and introduce the specific objects of study, and then sort out the current academic research status. The third this paper will describe the value and the methods of the fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty.The second part:this paper summarizes the fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty. First, research the authors and the years of the fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty. Second, analyze the preserve and the version status of the fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty. The third discuss the year-range and types about the fictions from the fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty.The third part:Analyze the main reasons for the emergence of he fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty about economy, politics, culture and other aspects.The fourth part:expound the ideas of the novels and the people in Ming Dynasty from the fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty. Research these from the titles, prefaces, categories of the fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty.The fifth part:discuss the influence and value of the fiction anthologies about Yan Yi in Ming Dynasty. First, analyze the influence from the impact of the classical Chinese novel of the Ming Dynasty, the influence on the later fiction anthologies’style layout and the influence of the Fiction compilation and so on. Followed by the introduction of value, discusses the value of reading, communication and literature value preservation and textual value and so on.The sixth part:to summary the content of this article.