A Study on the Theme of Instructions on Morality in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
Contemporary scholars'researches on Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio are mostly cen-tered on its talent and learning,but there is a lack of attention to its morality,ignoring its purpose of instructions on morality.Judging from the content of the novel,its purpose of persuading people to be good is very clear.Although most of the novels are fantasy stories of"being sycophantic and being haunted by ghosts",they reflect real life,entrusting the author's ideal and containing rich ideas of per-suading people to be good.Pu Songling combines his moral ideas about the society,the family and in-dividuals with anecdotes and expresses them to the world through Strange Stories from a Chinese Stu-dio.Through the bizarre short story narration of the novel,the main purpose of persuading goodness is accomplished in a way of combining solemnity with humor.
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