The Study On “Two Ladies”Mode Of Novel In Ming And Qing

The Mode of “Two Ladies”, as a narrative model in Chinese ancient novel, includes two kinds of narrative paradigm, “ A Male and Two Female” and “Comparison Between Two Ladies”.Its core is to shape the image of two ladies,to form the conflict of the plot by their difference of personality,temperament and behavioral pattern,and then to push the development of the story.These two paradigms, “ A Male and Two Female” and “Comparison Between Two Ladies”have its own origins in literature. Prototype of the story could be found in the ancient myth about The character composition of “A Male and Two Female”,the pioneer of which is in Guideways of Mountains and Seas,it says the ancestor emperor ku of Yinshang Nation had two wives, and then is the well-known legends between Emperor Shun and Ehuang,Nvying.The combination of “A Male and Two Female” function as the variant and psychological projection of ancient myths.The recorded bicultural cultural images in A New Account of the Tales of the World has a profound effect on female image-building of ancient novel, and which develop “Comparison between Two Ladies” paradigm in narrative literature.The Mode of “Two Ladies” presents the transformation from myth, to the story of the immortal, and to the story of the human in its development course. Novels of “Two Ladies” filled with secular scent came out in Song Dynasty; The prosperity of the novels in the vernacular Chinese caused huge expressive force in narration in Ming Dynasty; the Mode of “Two Ladies”got new development in Qing Dynasty, which made brilliant achievements in artistry. While on account of the copy of the plot pattern, it solidified in artistry.Strange Tales of A Lonely Tales and A Dream of Red Mansions are examples of art in the mode of “Two Ladies”. The diverting ladies shaped by Strange Tales of A Lonely Tales are mental consolation for the writer. Figure of “Self and Shadow”, Figure of “Reality and Fantasy”,the Unity of Chai and Dai represented aesthetic ideal of Cao Xueqin.The Mode of “Two Ladies” has unique artistic characteristics in image-building and plot structure. It shapes two female images, taking advantage of the comparison of this two ladies as the means to construct the novel’s structure, creating conflicts and develop the plot.The influence of Chinese culture is of great importance to the formation of the Mode of “Two Ladies”: Thought of art of The Combination of Beauty and Kindness and pursuit to ideal personality in Confusionculture affect image-building of the ladies in the Mode of “Two Ladies”; The View of Neutralization in Yao’s Culture is reflected in the harmonious between the two ladies;The dialectical thinking of be both opposite and complementary creates the two ladies’ opposite personality; The law of Yang is Odd Number and Yin is Even Number creates character composition of “A Male and Two Female”.