The Construction of Gist in the Ming and Qing Dynasties"Shishuo Style"Novels——From"Shen"in Chutanji to"Qing"in Women's Shishuo
It was not until the late Ming Dynasty that the gist of the"Shishuo style"novel was finally matured and constructed.Li Zhi's Chutanji in the late Ming Dynasty and Li Qing's Women's Shishuo in the early Qing Dynasty are the outstanding works of"Shishuo style"novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.The two inherited the core literary values of the Shishuoxinyu,and successively set up their own categories with the purpose of"Shen"and"Qing",characterized by a high degree of unity in form and content.The evolution from"Shen"and"Qing"is the adjusted development of the mentality and ideal personality pursuit of scholars in the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty which brought about by the change of their specific situation.Fundamentally,they all fully demonstrate the compiler's deep understanding of the purpose of Shishuoxinyu.