Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is a collection of short stories by Pu Songling, a famous novelist in Qing Dynasty in China. The following is the original and translation of "Gambling Symbol of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio" I collected for you, for reference only. You are welcome to read it.
Original text:
Han Daochang, the Apocalypse Temple in the city. More hallucinations, * * * named "immortal". The first son and the best, every suitable city needs to make it. One day, I went to Yi with my uncle and planned to go to Korea to play, so I encountered various ways. Humphrey said, "You sit at the door first, and I'll be right there." Just like it said. When the temple was mourning, Han was already sitting in the room. And so on.
First of all, some of us are addicted to gambling, because Photon also knows about Korea. A monk came to the Buddha Temple to gamble. When people saw the welcome, they had no money to gamble, and they lost a lot; Warm in my heart, returning from the classic land, lost overnight. The city is frustrated, the sidewalk is embarrassing, the spirit is miserable, and the words are lost. Han asked it and told it with facts. Han Xiaoyun: "It makes sense to always gamble and always lose. If you can quit gambling, I'll do it for you. " The people said, "If you send the pearls back to Hepu, the flower bones will be broken into iron pestles!" There are paper calligraphy symbols on the clothes and belts that Hannah gave her. He said, "But if you get what you have, you will have it. Don't go back to Sichuan. " Pay another thousand dollars and make it up.
People left very happily. Monks check money, exchange it, despise it and gamble. People are strong, please throw it for a while. The monk followed with a smile. This is a gamble of thousands of dollars. Monks throw it, there is no winning or losing, and the people accept the color and throw it into the mining; The monk answered with a note of two thousand, and lost again; Gradually increased to more than 10 thousand, obviously good-looking Oh, it's all Lv Zhi: I lost my plan in an instant if I didn't make it well. It is better than a thousand yin thoughts, but if it is resumed, it will be darker; It's strange. At first glance, the operator died, and you were shocked. The money returned to the temple, except for compensation to South Korea, was chased, and all the money lost in the end was appropriate. It is a crime to feel ashamed and grateful for losing your character. Han Xiao said, "I'm already here. I firmly told you not to be greedy. If you don't listen, I will accept it. "
Different rocks and stones said: "Those who have lost their homes in the world should not be faster than Bo; No one in the world can overcome virtue more than Bo. Those who enter it, if they indulge in the sea, will be at a loss. Businessmen and farmers have their own careers; People who write poems and books especially love to divide the yin. Negative Jing Lei, the right way to get married, talking about thin wine, still send a happy life. Ernaixuan is more than a dissolute friend, lingering all night. Empty the bag and hang the gold in the sky [25]; Oh, it's called Lu, to get rid of the lewdness in that bone. Circling five trees, like walking round beads; Hold more chapters, such as holding a round fan. Look at others and yourself, look through the devil's sunshine; It takes a lot of effort to confuse the two skills. The guests in front of the door are still attached to the field leader; Give up fire and smoke, but still covet in the basin. Forget about eating and sleeping, you will be fascinated for a long time; My tongue is sour, just like a ghost. " The whole army is tired and hot. In the visual bureau, the name is thick and the hero's imagination itches; Taking care of the bottom of the coffin is empty, and the strong man's heart is cold. Wandering around by the neck, feeling that nothing can help me; When you hang your head, you will go home at night. Fortunately, the mourners slept and were afraid of dogs barking; Hungry and bitter for a long time, dare to complain about soup. Just arrived in Feitian, Zhu Ji was still in Hepu: I didn't expect to burn my hair, but I finally caught the moon in Cangjiang. After the failure, we thought it was obscene; Who is the best gambler? Group refers to people who don't wear pants. Even embarrassing is that he lives in a mob; Scratching my head, I want to give it back to Xiang Yu! Losing your virtue, losing your life, this is not one of the ways of wave! "
Precautions:
[1] Apocalypse Temple: a temple dedicated to Mount Tai. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty once named Mount Tai King of Heaven and Qi, Song Zhenzong successively named him King of Benevolence and Qi of Heaven and Emperor of Heaven in Dongyue, and Yuan Shizu named him Emperor of Heaven and Qi of Heaven in Dongyue. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there have been many temples.
[2] My late son: My late father. Refers to the author's father Pu. This word is sensitive to me. I am good at reading it randomly in the next season, but I still study tirelessly behind closed doors, so that everyone is convinced of its erudition.
[3] Every suitable city needs to be built: every time I enter the county, I go to see him. Build, visit.
[4] Uncle: refers to the author's uncle Pu. According to the attached "Pu's Genealogy", the author records that Pu is generous, and many poor children in the clan are married by it.
[5]Jing: Unlock.
[6] The Great Buddha Temple: The Tianqi Temple is not listed in Zichuan County Records, so it is unknown.
[7] chúp Puchu: Specializing in dice gambling. The name of the play is decided by dice, and it is called Lu, Pheasant, Calf and Bai. Its method has long been lost. There are only two dice, which are made of jade, so they are also called Mingqiong. After the Tang Dynasty, the dice were changed to bone, and the number increased to six, showing the shape of a regular cube. Six sides are engraved with numbers of one to six points respectively, and throwing determines the outcome. Because all the dots are colored, they are called dice in later generations.
[8] Yi Yi: This is copied from twenty-four volumes, and the original copy is Yi. Melancholy
[9] bleak: bleak.
[10] Speech disorder: incoherent speech.
[1 1] Answer: Win back the lost money. Reply, this is from Volume 24 of Codex, and the copy is "Gai".
[12] Zhu Huan Hepu: This refers to winning back and losing money. See Cao Lei's Huan Zhu.
[13] Flower bone: refers to dice.
[14] Wang Shu: Looking at this and that is insatiable. Want to win money after turning over a book. Liu Hecen was quoted in Xiao Weichuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty as saying: "If the west city falls, the soldiers can attack the south. People are not satisfied with their own hardships. Since they are in peace, let's look back at Shu. " Later, it was called "seeing Shu in the dragon", and it was still insatiable.
[15] Meaning: despise him and think that the gambling book is too small.
[16] Please vote once: you are required to roll the dice once. Period, limit.
Put all your money on the table. Biography of the History of the Song Dynasty: "(King) Qin Ruoyue: Your Majesty Zhihu?" If a blogger wants to lose all his money, he will spend all his money, which is called putting all his eggs in one basket. "
[18] The sentence in "Se in Ming Xiao Ming": It is said that the monks of the temple throw their colors, obviously expecting to be superior, and the result is inferior. Owl, Lu and pheasant are all called dramas, but there are different opinions about who is better. It is generally believed that owls are the best, followed by Lu, followed by pheasants.
[19] Reply: This is copied from 24 volumes, and the original text is "Gai".
[20] bottom (zhǐ stop): end. The bottom is called the bottom pole, that is, the ultimate and end point. "The Biography of Zhong Changtong in the Later Han Dynasty" quoted Chang Liyanluan as saying: "There is no end."
[2 1] Sub-shadow: the shadow moves a little. A very short time. "Beginners" quoted "Gold"
Book: "(Tao Kan) People often say:' It's a pity that Dayu is a saint; As for everyone, we should cherish Yin. ""See also The Story of Tao Jinshu Kan.
[22] No Jing Lei: It means studying hard. Negative thunder, the source is unknown. Ray, the handling of agricultural tools. Through the classics, through the classics, please explain to the teacher. "Preface to Scholars in the Northern Qi Dynasty": "So, there are people who have experienced the industry all over the country! It's not far from being a servant. " [23] The second sentence of "make it clear": friends get together, make it clear, and occasionally drink a little wine, which is also a way to entrust the party in life. Send happiness to the party.
[24] Two words: "Being close to evil friends means gambling all night." . Ruby, come closer. All night, all night.
[25] hanging gold in the sky: it means "exploring hanging gold on an unpredictable road". Describe gamblers who are eager to get rich and take risks to try their luck. The danger of heaven is a metaphor for the danger of gambling. [26] River fire gourd: the voice of gamblers calling for victory.
[27] Begging for the Spirit by Prostitution: It means "Begging for the Spirit by Prostitution". Describe a gambler who wants to win money to pay tribute to his infatuation. Obsessed with emaciation, refers to dice.
[28] The second sentence of "Around the Five Trees": The dice are spinning on the gambling table. From the gambler's point of view, they are as lovely as a round bead. Ebony, antique furniture, namely. Round beads, pearls. Bai Juyi's Pipa Tour: "Like a plate of jade liquid pouring beads."
[29] "Hold more chapters" two sentences: This is called gambling cards, and the right side is called "leaves". It is said that gamblers with painted cards look as proud as China and Americans with round fans in the palace. Chapter, card pattern.
[30] The second sentence of Zuo Quren means that gamblers look around, observe and weigh, and are eager to win, simply looking through their eyes.
[3 1] Two sentences: "Yang shows weakness" means that gamblers are vain and have racked their brains. To show weakness and use strength is to show that the enemy is weak, and only when he comes out strong can he win. Compare gambling with ancient art of war.
[32] Head: At the casino.
[33] Pot: A lottery pot.
[34] The whole army was wiped out: it means losing all the gambling books.
[35] Eye-catching, eye-catching: Watch with keen gambling eyes.
[36] Guess of the ticklish hero: It is said that gamblers are itchy and eager to try. "Hero" and the next sentence "strong man" are both satirical terms, and they are still used to say that the dead hero is a strong man.
[37] Cross rope: a rope for threading.
[38] A disheartened heart: It is said that there is no money in the bag, which makes gamblers disheartened. Tang Zhangji's poem "Difficult to Walk": "Don't you see that the gold at the bedside is exhausted, and the strong man has no color."
[39] The second sentence of "Leading the Neck to Wander": I craned my neck and looked around, deeply feeling that I couldn't gamble without money. Empty hands, empty hands. It doesn't help. To no avail.
[40] The phrase "despair" means that you are depressed and walk home in the middle of the night. Xiao suo, lonely. Night, night, night.
[4 1] The sentence "fortunately, all the friends are asleep" means that fortunately, he complained that his gambling wife was asleep, but he was afraid that the barking of dogs would wake her up. The person who exchanged visits refers to his wife. A note on wang cheng. Dogs bark, and this poem "Call the South Wild to Death": "If you don't feel me, you won't make the dragon bark."
[42] The phrase "the torch has a fever" means that money in fertile land is like burning hair in a stove, and it will be gone in a short time! The hope of memorizing books is like "fishing for the moon in water", and it is completely lost.
[43] After the defeat: Speaking of complete failure, Fang Si regretted it, but he was spurned by all evil. [44] The phrase "How to gamble" means that people point out that in casinos, the best outcome is those who just lose all their property.
[45] "embarrassed" sentence: What's more, it is said that he joined the thief because he was hungry and cold. On an empty stomach. Mob, robber.
[46] The phrase "scratching one's head and scratching one's brain" means that there is no intention to live, even all the dowry given to his wife. Scratching your ears and scratching your cheeks, desperate and irritable. Xiang, a woman's dowry, refers to her wife's dowry jewelry and so on.
Translation:
Han Daochang lives in the Apocalypse Temple in the city and knows a lot of illusions. Everyone calls him "the immortal". His father was the friendliest to him, and almost everyone went to see him when he went to town. One day, my late father and uncle went to visit Taoist Han in the city, and they happened to meet on the road. Han Daochang handed the key to my late father and said, "Go to the temple first and open my door and sit down for a while. I'll be right there. " When my late father opened the temple door with a key, Han Daochang was already sitting in the room. There are many stories about Taoist Han.
Before that, there was a gambler in my family, and I met Han Daochang because of my late father. At that time, a monk came to the Great Buddha Temple, specializing in dice gambling, and the stakes were huge. The people loved it as soon as they saw it. They gambled away all their money, losing big and losing big, but the more they lose, the more anxious they are. They pawned all the land, gambled again and lost everything overnight. The family was unhappy and went to see Han Daochang, looking gloomy and incoherent. Han Daochang asked him what was going on. He just told the truth. Road flyover Han said with a smile, "There is no reason not to lose if you gamble often. If you can quit gambling, I will take back your property for you. " Banner road; "If I can recover my property, I will smash those dice with iron bars!" Han Daochang wrote a spell and gave it to him to wear on his belt. "But just get your original property back, don't push your luck!" He launched a charge. He also gave him a thousand coppers, saying that he had won the money and returned it to Han Daochang. Everyone was overjoyed and took the money to find the monk. The monk checked his gambling money and returned it to him, disdaining to gamble with him. The tribe wants to gamble and asks for a gamble. The monk smiled and agreed. The monk threw it once and didn't win or lose. Everyone took it and won. The monk took another 2000 pence as a note and lost again. Gradually increase the bet to more than 10 thousand. National gambling is getting better and better, and everyone is excellent. All the money lost some time ago was recovered in a blink of an eye. So I thought to myself that it would be nice to win thousands more dollars. I gambled again, but my gambling luck got worse and worse and I began to lose money. Do you want to know? Look at these clothes. When the spell was gone, I was so frightened that I stopped gambling and went back to the temple with the money. After returning to Korea Road, I counted the money I won and lost, and the total was equal to the original price I lost. Finally, I was ashamed to admit the sin of losing the spell to the Taoist priest. Road flyover Han said with a smile, "Here we are. I told you not to be greedy for money, but if you didn't listen, I took it back. "
Yi Shi said, "Nothing in the world is faster than gambling, and nothing is more immoral than gambling. Anyone who is addicted to it is like sinking into a sea of fans and not knowing where he is. People who used to engage in commercial agriculture all had their own careers, and the scribes who read poetry and books especially cherished time. Of course, getting married is the right way. Talking and drinking is still an elegant thing, which is conducive to writing; But these gamblers collude with evil friends and have a party every night. Empty your purse and chest, hang your money to the steep mountain top, and beg the gods on the dice made of dead bones. Let the dice spin like a ball; Holding a number of cards in his hand is like holding a round fan, looking around, pretending that the cards are not good, secretly making malicious hands and using up Ding's ghost skills. If a guest visits, handles it in the living room, and is reluctant to gamble, the beams at home will catch fire. And squint at the clay pot where the dice are thrown. Indulge in gambling, to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep, and over time, become intoxicated, leaving a person thirsty and anxious, like a ghost. When the whole army is wiped out and the capital falls, you can only watch others gamble and gamble. You scream in a hurry, your heart itches, and heroes are useless; Look at the money bag, it's empty, which makes the strong man flinch. Walking around with my neck stretched out, I just felt empty-handed and depressed, and didn't go home until late at night. Fortunately, the person who can reprimand him has fallen asleep, and he is afraid that the dog will be screamed; If your stomach is empty and hungry, you will complain that the leftovers are too cold. Then I sold my children and pawned my land, hoping to put all my eggs in one basket and get my capital back. Unexpectedly, a fire like this completely burned my hair, and after all, it was a draw with a sieve. Wait until after the fiasco to reflect calmly, but I have already degenerated into a dirty person. Who has the highest skill among gamblers? Everyone refers to beggars who can't put on pants. Down-and-out gamblers are often hungry, have unbearable abdominal pain, often sleep on the street, and are anxious. They can only hope to sell something in their wives' dressing boxes. Oh! Destroy morality, lose everything, and lose your reputation. Which one is not the retribution from the evil path of gambling! "
Extension and continuation
A strange story from a strange studio:
character introduction
Nie Xiaoqian
Nie Xiaogan is a beautiful female ghost. She only lived to be 18 years old before her death. She was buried next to a desolate ancient temple in the north of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. Unfortunately, she was threatened by the monster hag. After staying in the temple, Zhejiang Renning was instructed by the monster to kill people, but was moved by the loyalty of the minister, so he told the truth and helped the minister turn the corner. Cai Chen lived up to Xiao Gan's great trust, helped her escape, and took her in to serve her mother and wife who had been ill for a long time. Hard-working and kind-hearted people are deeply loved by Ning family. Because of long-term contact with the living, she gradually became like an ordinary person, and Ning's family never mentioned her identity. After Ning's wife died of illness, she married Ning as a ghost wife, and then instructed to get rid of the golden flower monster who came to retaliate. A few years later, Ning was admitted to Jinshi and gave birth to a son. Ning also married a concubine and gave birth to a son with his concubines. These three sons grew up to be famous figures.
Ning Cai Chen
Ning is a native of Zhejiang and has integrity. One day, he lived in an ancient temple in the northern suburb of Jinhua, Zhejiang, and met Yan Chixia, a swordsman from Shaanxi, and Nie, a female ghost. Nie Xiaogan was driven by the hag monster to harm others, but she was kind-hearted and unwilling to help others. The monster tried to kill Ning, but fortunately he escaped with the help of Nie and Yan Chixia. Ning also helped Nie escape from her clutches and took her to her mother and wife after a long illness. After Ning's wife died of illness, Ning married Nie as a ghost wife. Later, under the guidance of Nie, Ning wiped out the hag with his sword bag. A few years later, Ning was admitted to Jinshi and gave birth to a son with Nie. After that, he also married a concubine. Xiao Gan and Yu Ji each have a son, and their families are very happy. All three sons became celebrities when they grew up.
Yan Chixia
Yan Chixia is a chivalrous man who banishes evil spirits. He is honest, generous and calm, and has the demeanor of a saint. He is an eccentric demon slayer, a man of flesh and blood.
Black mountain old demon
The old demon in Montenegro is the king of the demon world, and Montenegro is always a heartthrob. Don't make love, don't make love, don't look for it in the past, love is very important, all because of love and affection. I love you, but you don't love me. I am infatuated with love. It is said that the old demon in Montenegro is condensed by resentment and hatred. A long time ago, he was still an ignorant teenager and an ordinary person, but the sudden change made him unable to bear a major blow and had no choice but to leave. However, because of the cruel masterpiece, I want revenge, but I want to forget it. It is better to forgive it than to hate it all your life. Living in the barren and desolate Wanyao Mountain is the first of all monsters. [5]
The 14th daughter of Xin family.
Xin Shiniang is a little fox demon who devoted her whole life. She is dressed in red and beautiful as a fairy. Although she is a fox demon, she is kind-hearted. She lives in a Buddhist temple with her fox father and 18 sisters, and is named after being ranked 14 among 19 sisters. She is interested in doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, taking helping others as her ambition and cultivating immortals as her career, hoping to pursue spiritual detachment. [6]
works appreciation
Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio represents the highest artistic achievement of China's short stories in classical Chinese. It absorbs the literary and artistic essence of China's classical Chinese and historical short stories, creates a peculiar illusion and depicts the world of ghosts and foxes by using romantic creative techniques, thus forming a unique artistic feature.
"Use the legendary method, but aim at the strange."
Lu Xun said: "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, like other books of the same kind at that time, is nothing more than a sneaky story. But they describe grievances in an orderly way, using legendary techniques, taking strange ideas and changing patterns as before "(A Brief History of Chinese Novels). This paper clearly points out the characteristics of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, which are grotesque and legendary. "Using legendary methods, but focusing on strangeness" cannot be simply understood as "using legendary brushwork to express strange themes". In fact, Pu Songling inherited and surpassed the tradition and legendary brushwork of strange people.
1. Inheritance and development of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio
The writing purpose of the Six Dynasties is to "invent Shinto without being false". The content is absurd, the plot is simple and monotonous, and the art is rough and plain. Strange themes such as flowers, demons and foxes are also written in Liaozhai, but in order to reflect the social reality and express one's inner loneliness and anger in a tortuous way, its content is more profound and extensive than previous stories and legends.
2. Liaozhai inherits and surpasses the legendary brushwork.
Lu Xun believes that the legends of the Tang Dynasty are "tactfully narrated and flowery in language. Compared with those who outlined the outline of the Six Dynasties, they have a clear evolution track, and those that are particularly prominent begin to become novels at an appropriate time." ("A Brief History of Chinese Novels") It can be seen that compared with the Six Dynasties, the development of Tang legends is beyond, especially in art, from the plot structure, from the "thick lines" of the Six Dynasties to rich and tortuous stories; In terms of language, it has developed from simple and rude to gorgeous language and vivid image. In the way of expression, from the monotonous and plain narrative of the Six Dynasties to the euphemistic narrative of "all illusions".
The transcendence of Liao Zhai over the legendary brushwork;
Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio not only inherits the tortuous plot, euphemistic narration and gorgeous rhetoric of the Tang Dynasty, but also surpasses it in the following aspects: First, it pays attention to image-building from the story body to the characters; Second, make good use of environment, psychology and other methods to write people; Third, it has obvious poetic tendency.
The plot is bizarre and full of changes.
Every narrative in the serial. Try to avoid straightforward narration, try to have ups and downs, changes, climaxes and aftertaste, step by step, and endless changes; Try to avoid prosaic story, and try to be fantastic, dreamy, strange and bizarre. Flexion is the complexity of the plot, strangeness is the illusion of the plot, flexion is natural, strangeness is not divorced from the truth, and this is the artistic power of Strange Stories from a Lonely Studio.
Various techniques for shaping image
1, endowing the fox with charming images of "naturalness of things" and "sociality of people".
Ghosts and foxes in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, on the one hand, have been endowed with human sociality, on the other hand, they have maintained some naturalness. Fox-shaped foxes are ghostly and look very interesting. Such as the ruggedness of tiger's fine seedlings (Miao Sheng), the fragrance of peony's fine ge towel (Jin Ge), the good reading of octopus's fine autumn (Su Qiu), the good accumulation of mouse's fine millet (Tao Xian), and the slim waist of green girl (green girl). This not only highlights the personality characteristics of the characters, but also gives readers a distinct sense of image.
2. Write people through main features and vivid details.
In shaping the characters in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, both form and spirit can be achieved through the voices, smiles and inner activities of the characters, as well as through biological and accurate details. For example, when writing about Ying Ning, the writer grasped her two characteristics of loving laughter and flowers, and repeatedly rendered them, so her innocent character was highlighted. When Wang Zifu first met her, she "picked a plum blossom with a beautiful face and a charming smile". After that, she appeared in all kinds of laughter: or "smiling at the flowers", or "sneering", or "laughing uncontrollably while covering her mouth", or laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing.
Every smile is accompanied by the behaviors of picking flowers, holding flowers, climbing flowers and planting flowers. These two characteristics of Ying Ning are written by the writer in order to highlight her contempt for secular ethics, courage to act according to her own will and feelings, love life, love beautiful things and hate ugly behaviors. Flowers are the beauty of nature, and laughter is the beauty of the world. She loves them both, and the writer places his ideal on her. In addition, there are Xiaocui's naughty (Xiaocui), naughty (Xiao Xie), the solemnity of Qingfeng (Qingfeng), Sun's infatuation (Po), true splash (Liancheng), Yang's cowardice (Ma) and Jia Er's wit (Jia Er).
3. Make good use of environmental descriptions to set off characters.
For example, in Ying Ning, beautiful natural environment is used everywhere to set off people: flowers outside the village, willows hanging in the shadow of the door arrow, peaches, apricots and bamboos in the wall, red flowers in front of the door, begonia leaves under the window, and bean shed melon racks in the courtyard, which make people and the environment very harmonious and complement each other. Ying Ning was born by the fox spirit and was raised by his mother. She was far away from the world since she was a child and was not polluted by the world. The writer uses a series of fresh and elegant environments to contrast the lives of the characters, which is symbolic and entrusted.
The language of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is simple and elegant in classical Chinese, without losing the vivid image of the novel language. For example, Feng Xiangru saw Redjade peeping on the wall: "Look, beauty. Intimacy, smile. Raise your hand, don't come or leave. If you want it, it is a ladder. " In such a short language, it describes the appearance, psychology and movements of the characters, showing the charming attitude of the girl in the early stage of love and Feng Xiangru's persistence and passionate love.
The Essence of Language is rich in content, which not only casts the essence of ancient Chinese, but also absorbs the essence of folk literature, popular spoken language and even dialects. Another example is "Listening to the Mirror", in which it is written that after the Zheng brothers went to the exam, the eldest sister-in-law cooked in the kitchen on a hot day. "Suddenly there was a newspaper ride Cu door, coming towards Zheng Jiezhi. Mother went into the kitchen and scolded the big woman for one day:' The big man wants to bake, you calm down', and the two women got angry. Cooking in tears. Russia reported another Zheng Jie. The second woman threw a cake stick. Say:' Agriculture is also cold. "Here,' can cool off the heat' and' Nong can cool off the heat' are both colloquial words. Used here, it highlights the characters of Zheng's mother and second wife, which is very vivid. The personalized features of the characters' language in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio are also very prominent. For example, in Pianpian, Pianpian teased two young women with Miss Huacheng: "One day, a young woman smiled and her eyes were:' Pianpian boy, I am so happy! Xue Jiazi had a good dream. When did she finish it? The woman smiled and greeted:' Flower City Lady, you have been involved for a long time. The southwest wind is tight today, blow! "Have you ever hugged that little brother?" Said, "Another maid." Female laughter day:' Mrs. Hua's tile kiln! Nafo will come? He said, "Wu Fang was screaming, but he was asleep. "Here, old sayings and slang are cast into vivid dialogues, which vividly show the voices and smiles of the characters. Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio has reached the level of perfection in language application, which makes classical Chinese vocabulary full of vitality and vividly shows real life.
Evaluation of works
Wang Shizhen, a fellow countryman friend of Pu Songling, wrote a poem for Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio: "After listening to idle talk, it rained like silk in the bean shed. I should be tired of talking, and I like listening to ghosts singing poems in the autumn grave. " Shi Zhen loved Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio very much, gave him a high evaluation and commented on it. He even wanted to buy the manuscript of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio for 520 gold, but he couldn't buy it. However, there are also some unreasonable places in this book, such as: "Medical Skills" contains: "Those who have typhoid fever should seek advice from their symptoms. Zhang Shi was drunk and accidentally contracted malaria. Wake up and realize that you are afraid to tell anyone. Three days later, thank you for building the door with the sacred instrument. Those who suffer from typhoid fever will ask, and those who suffer from typhoid fever will vomit and recover. " Modern medicine believes that typhoid fever is the most taboo for diarrhea.
Ji Xiaolan: "If you are a talented person, you can't grasp the jade achievement."
Feng Zhenluan's Reading Liaozhai Miscellaneous Notes: "Liaozhai is not in the text, and it is unique throughout the ages. The first argument is honest, accurate and reasonable, and there is no rebuttal. For example, a famous Confucian lectured, an old monk lectured on Zen, and an old folk chanted exhortations, which were beneficial to the body and mind and warned fools. When it comes to loyalty, filial piety and benevolence, it is a gift in the snow, an awakening, and a book of human education. "
Preface to Chen Tingji's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio: "It is also an unprecedented work, so that the Tang people can see it and enter the forest. Later authors should put aside the ears of writing. "
Mr. Lu Xun's comment: "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, like similar books at that time, is nothing more than a story about immortals and foxes. But describing twists and turns, telling stories in an orderly way, and using legendary techniques are important. A changing shape, as in front of your eyes; Or it's easy to tune. Don't tell the Syrian people that they are different. Out of disillusionment, they came to this world; The occasional anecdote is also concise, which makes readers feel refreshed. ..... The wonderful books of the late Ming Dynasty are generally simple and absurd; Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is unique in details, showing its commonness and making flowers intoxicated by foxes. Most of them are human feelings, easy to be amiable, and forgotten as heterogeneous, but occasionally I see a sudden surprise and know that I am inhuman. "
Mr. Lu Xun once said that Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is "using legendary methods, but focusing on strangeness". According to the original intention, it means to express a strange theme or content with legendary expression, that is, to accept the advantages of this classical Chinese novel before it, so Lu Xun included it in the "quasi-Jin and Tang novels" and correctly pointed out its source.
Lu Xun studied this book at the age of 65,438+02, and wrote in the Legend of the Tang Dynasty (Part II) in 65,438+09,265,438+0: "Qing Pu Songling wrote Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, and also borrowed from tang legends characters, but his idea was close to the Six Dynasties. At that time, there were few ancient books, so readers felt very novel and popular.
Zhang Ailing's early works with the theme of marriage and family were also obviously influenced by Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. In her essay Dream of Genius, she said: "Until now, I still love Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio and the tacky Paris Fashion Report, just for such attractive words."
Guo Moruo commented: "Writing ghosts and writing demons is superior, and stabbing greed and stabbing abuse is three points."
Lao She commented: "Ghost foxes have character, and they laugh and scold into articles."
Mo Yan once said that his literary creation was greatly influenced by Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. "In my book Red Sorghum, the image of my grandmother is actually inspired by reading Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio." In fact, not only Mo Yan, but also many literary masters are more or less influenced by Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio.
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