The Rumored Anecdotes Of Chan Zhen Research

In the history of popular novels,the late Ming dynasty was a very important time.It inherited the Ming dynasty's ‘four great masterpieces',inspired the later popular novel Dream of Red Mansions which was known as the most outstanding work in the middle of the Qing dynasty.Attempts made by the late Ming dynasty's novelists which involve the inheritance and evolution,innovation and development about the novel has been provided valuable experience and lessons for the generations.The Rumored Anecdotes of Chan Zhen(??????)was the masterpiece of Fang Ruhao,the most important member of Jiangsu and Zhejiang literary group,which was the center of novel writing and review in the late Ming dynasty.According to research,the author inferred that it was written about in Ming Dynasty Apocalypse six years.(????)Due to the impact and influence caused by many factors in that dynasty,there has been a variety of unique thoughts,feelings and artistic features appeared in The Rumored Anecdotes of Chan Zhen.On the thoughts and feelings,the thoughts of Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism have densely interwoven,the emotionality was complex and contradiction.The strong view of ‘self-preservation' and the pragmatic view of ‘aware of the time and take action' has hidden the worries and thinking behind the right to life.The concept of the monarch and courtiers ‘choosing your monarch' contained a grand extreme disappointment to the monarch who indulged in sensual pleasures and immoral,and also contained the indefinite hope to the wise and sage monarch.On the one hand,it was a great provocation to the orthodox concept of the monarch and courtiers,and the other,it was a warm praise to the grand theft,which reflected the people-oriented thought of ‘outcry against injustice',and shown the author's rebel and brave.It was the result of the social atmosphere's comprehensive effect in the late Ming,the effort express of the late Ming's lower literati's ideological and emotional expression.All of those were very special in the history of Chinese ancient novels.On the artistic characteristics,this work was clearly under the influence of ‘the four great masterpieces',which combinative the four types of fiction in one,in the idea of create a great masterpiece that could keep pace with Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.Although it didn't achieve the desired height,the bold attempts in the form of the simulation that included innovation,it still provided valuable experience and lessons for the generations.On the language,the flexible application of poetry,words,song,ode,and opera has achieved outstanding artistic achievement,which was different from the stiff confusion and repeat stuffing of the early novels.It indicated that the novel has been maturing and perfect,as an independent literary form.On character creation,it has a variety of writing methods.Thus,the characters were vivid and varied,plump and real,especially the profound description of the ordinary citizens.In terms of plot structure,it still has significant impact to Dream of Red Mansions.Therefore,The Rumored Anecdotes of Chan Zhen was an important masterpiece in the history of Chinese ancient novels.