"The Complete Biography Of Seven Yao Ping Yao" And Bai Lianjiao

The legend of Qiyao Pingyao is long serial novel of the middle and late Ming Dynasty.The book has seventy-two Hui,which described a riot led by Xu Hongru,a White Lotus' s believers in Shandong.At that time,the White Lotus hold a banner that it would rescue the people who were in trouble,as long as they trust its creed.But in fact,the White Lotus actually try to overthrow the emperor's reign.The legend of Qiyao Pingyao as the earliest novel to write this down,tries hard to display the middle and late Ming Dynasty' s society.The politics and the economy had been in abyss,people suffered from famine and war.The author knew the country cannot go back to the glorious day,but could do nothing to save it.The thesis divided into four chapter.The first chapter analyzed the importance of The legend of Qiyao Pingyao and the author's literature thought.The second chapter show a research of the White Lotus,and revert the Xu Hongru riot by combing the historical materials.Also,to find out the novel' s literary rewrite and figure out the author' s intention.The third chapter is about the religious culture of the White Lotus,like the witch,divine and omen,etc.The fourth chapter discuss the women image and its culture background based on Pei YuE and Zhou Ruyu.