Benefiting People's Lives with Barley Words:On the Function of"Persuading Virtue and Educating"in Popular Novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties:Taking the Chapter Novel The Biography of Ji Gong as an example
As the culmination of the Ji Gong series of novels,The Biography of Ji Gong has a value of"encour-aging kindness"that can be compared to classic works.The author of this book holds high the banner of"persua-ding good and punishing evil"with the main theme of"rectifying people's hearts and transforming customs",and the concept of karma as the backbone of the entire book.It sends"persuasion and punishment"to the images of Ji Gong,virtuous people,chaste and martyred women,as well as various types of themes such as gods and demons,chivalry,public cases,and worldly affairs,fully demonstrating the good nature of the novel.The tendency of novels to be good books is a product of the traditional concept of"using literature for good"and the combined effect of the trend of"encouraging kindness"in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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