Go is a play,a skill,an art,a way,and one of the objects described many times in Jin Yong’s martial arts novels.Jin Yong is a senior chess fan.He integrates his love for go,the story with go,the well-known story of go,the culture of go,and the game thinking formed in the game into the creation of martial arts novels,so that the martial arts novels have both the book flavor of literati and the freedom of Jianghu Xiake.This paper uses narrative research and cultural research,through combing and perusing the go writing in Jin Yong’s martial arts novels,studies the theme construction and character shaping of the go writing,analyzes the narrative skills of the go writing in Jin Yong’s martial arts novels,so as to reveal the cultural basis and aesthetic connotation behind the go writing.From the aspect of narration,go participated in the construction of Jin Yong’s martial arts novels from three aspects: theme expression,character creation and narrative function.In terms of theme,go is interlinked with strategists,Confucians and Taoists in martial arts novels.As a cultural symbol,go is interlinked with strategies in martial arts novels,carries the chivalrous spirit of serving the country,the people and the feelings,and embodies the ideal of human life of whether the chivalrous men live together and travel by objects.In terms of characters,Jin Yong’s martial arts novels have created three kinds of characters,namely,chess fans,chess heroes.The characteristics of go and the characters complement each other,enriching the character image system of Jin Yong’s novels.In terms of narrative function,go,as a prop,can be used not only as a weapon,but also as a concealed weapon,so that the weapon has both civil and military aspects.As a story,Weiqi allusions participate in the narrative of the novel from the new and old space-time aspects.The hidden layout of weiqi writing affects the writing process of martial arts novels,and promotes the development of the plot of the novel from the perspective of "chess watchers".Go embodies different ethical symbolic meanings from weapon selection,game process and character identity,which enriches the significance of the novel.Go has an important influence on the theme presentation,character creation and narrative process of Jin Yong’s martial arts novels,which embodies the unique connotation of go and Chinese culture.Go is not only "skill",but also "art" and "way".The way and art are interlinked,and the skill is better than the way.The writing of go in Jin Yong’s novels has many levels,such as "Dao","Yi" and "Shu".As a cultural symbol,the way of playing chess is interlinked with Confucianism and Taoism.The book of goembodies the value standard of Confucianism and Taoism.At the same time,the highest level of martial arts is in the same line with Zen culture,reflecting the spirit of freedom that transcends the good and evil and roams between heaven and earth,which is also the most attractive part of the martial arts world.The chess way is not only connected with the martial arts realm,but also combined with the martial arts moves,forming a unique go martial arts and narrative discourse,which has a unique aesthetic significance. |