A Study Of Male Images In Hsing-shih Yin-yuan Chuan

Although taking marital as the title,Hsing-Shih Yin-Yuan Chuan was not limited to solving domestic problems.A complete system of male role from senior officials to the pauper was created by the author with a broad vision and deep feelings to reveal the darkness of feudal society,which including the officialdom,countryside and all walks of life.As a male writer,Xi Zhousheng didn't defend the same sex,but exposed the ugliness of male roles in his works.Although the author created a fading scene for the male roles while women welcoming their Carnival,and revealed the deviation of male from traditional orientation,but the author's intention was not to abandon male.In fact,the patriarchal consciousness was an inevitable part of the author and the purpose of writing about the failure performance of the male was to uncover scars and cure stubborn diseases.The setting of retribution was the key means to alert the male,while the reason for the absence of retribution was to depict the sinister reality and influence the evildoer.At the same time,through the evil cases denounced by the author,we could also see his aspiration and get the "social medicine" he provided.During the process of creation,the author always focused on how to better realize the purpose of "rousing the public" to shape male characters.The male characters created by the author were exquisite and unique,and had important literary functions and values.First of all,the male roles accounted for half of the works,Chao Yuan's and Di Xichen's actions constituted the clue and linked with the actions of female and secondary male characters,which constituted the framework of the works.At the same time,the author focused on the writing of the rural society and the small characters to explore the "evil" of human beings.The male roles created by the author had important literary value because of their unique characteristics and also had the historical value because of their reflection of reality,which had a far-reaching impact on the later world secular novels and condemnation novels.