On Party Struggle Writing in Novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties
In ancient times,party conflicts were frequent and severe.People were afraid of"cliques"as much as tigers and avoided them.Some people reflected on it and put forward"cliques of gentlemen"and"cliques of villains".Novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties reflected the concept of cliques on multiple levels,and their writing of party conflicts showed the following characteristics:the characters in the novels basically belonged to the two groups of gentleman cliques and villain cliques,which were opposite to each other.The plots of the novels were mainly:using the name of"cliques"to attack political enemies;gentleman cliques often failed to fight villain cliques and were persecuted by villain cliques.In the party conflicts,the victory and defeat of gentleman cliques and villain cliques were actually controlled by the emperor;both sides of the cliques were finally sanctioned or even destroyed by the emperor,with a tragic ending;some novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties objectively wrote the idea of"party conflicts lead to the downfall of the country".Some novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties can quickly reflect the trend of the times and vividly reflect the concept of cliques,which is one of its worthy values.
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