A Study On The Legend Of Lu Luheng's "Luo Shenmiao"

Lv Lv-heng is a litterateur in the early Qing Dynasty.Luo Shen Temple is Lv Lv-heng’s only legend in addition to his poems and essays.It is a representative work of legends created by orthodox literati in the early Qing Dynasty and was published the same year as The Peach Blossom Fan.Taking Luo Shen Temple as the main research object,focusing on its creative background,ideological content and artistic achievements,will help us to explore the ideas and concepts conveyed by the legend on the basis of predecessors,try to restore the true Lv Lv-heng,and make an objective and fair evaluation of the legendary script which has not attracted much attention.The introduction part outlines the research history and current situation of Lv Lv-heng and Luo Shen Temple.The study of Lv Lv-heng in academic circles is scattered and scarce,and lacks systematicness.The main reason for choosing this topic is to explore Lv Lv-heng’s life experience and literary psychology from the point of Luo Shen Temple,fill in the vacancies and expand his thinking.The first chapter mainly combs and textually studies the author’s family,life and friendship.Lv Lv-heng was born in the lv family of Xin’an,a prominent family in Central China,but his life was full of ups and downs,and he suffered many changes.Orthodox literati’s identity,rich life experience,and communication with Zhou Zhilian and Che Shenxing are of great significance to the formation of their literary thoughts.The second chapter summarizes the creation of Luo Shen Temple.Mainly restore the social background of the legend,sort out the development of the legend in the early Qing Dynasty and creative trend of thought,and introduce the plot and characteristics of the Luo Shen Temple,all of these are the basis for entering the text.Chapter three analyses the ideological content of Luo Shen Temple,Luo Shen Temple is a typical love play reflecting the Confucian ethical code.Its ideological content includes:the aim of teaching assistants,the display of the mode of "one husband and two wives",the sigh of history and life,and the reflection of social reality.Chapter four analyses the artistic features of the legend from four perspectives:narrative structure,linguistic features,characters and creative methods.Luo Shen Temple follows the narrative arrangement of " Initiation,inheritance,transformation and integration ",adopts double-line structure,and chooses the central image to run through the whole play;the language is elegant and popular,the voice and rhythm are harmonious,and the melody and vernacular are mutually reinforcing;the three main characters with more ink have their own characteristics,and the other characters also involve many fields and have their own characteristics;and uses the creative technique of "fable" to make the reality virtual,the reality as the reality,and the reality as the virtual.It has certain literary achievements.The last part summarizes the defects found in the research process.Luo Shen Temple has the common defects of the legends of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,such as setting unnecessary entries forcibly in the next volumethe,the plot is protracted,and there are some logical differences,some characters’ language does not conform to their own identity,and so on.Through sorting out and researching this legendary play,we can find that The Temple of Luo is an excellent legend.Although it has some shortcomings,it can still become a representative work of the orthodox literati legends in Ming and Qing Dynasties.With people’s constant attention to Lv Lv-heng,this legend will receive more and more attention and affirmation.