Among the fifteen Liaozhai Liqu that usually promote the secular ideal of reunion,Penglai Yan and Hansen Qu end with the protagonist ascending to immortality and leaving home.The language,plot,and structure of Penglai Yan all have contradictions,fluctuating between entering and leaving the world,which coincides with Pu Songling's experiences and struggles in reality.The ending of becoming immortals is another path opened up beyond reality and ideals.The protagonist Shang Sanguan's remarkable breakthrough in gender restrictions in Hansen Qu is highly praised,but it is also under the discipline of patriarchal society,the ending of becoming an immortal is the result of a compromise narrative.Unlike the common happy reunion,the fantasy of becoming immortals in Liaozhai Liqu is not only a helpless compromise,but also a kind of Active Phantasy that can brew high-level Personality.The Liqu that were originally limited to the edification can also carry more complex connotations.
Pu SonglingLiaozhai LiquPenglai YanHansen QuPhantasy Ac-tive