The Levels and Significance of"Relying on Night"Compilation in the Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua
The Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua has a distinct feature of"Relying on Night"Compilation.A large number of night related texts in the novel are presented in three levels of textual form:realism,rhetoric and symbolism.It is not only a vivid portrayal of daily nightlife;consciously using light sources such as the moon and candles to construct novel narratives,depict character images,and create a novel atmosphere;in addition,the novel also exaggerates the bustling and dreamlike night through the dinner party and Lantern Festival highlighting the sad and dreary implication,giving the novel a distinctive"fable"feature.Night is a key for us to read the Jin Ping Mei.
The Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua"Relying on Night"compilationdaily realismliterary rhetorictheme deepening