The Way for Preface and Postscript to Defend the Value and Emphasize the Status of Ancient Novels
As one of the main forms of the criticisms of ancient novel,preface and postscript was employed to discuss the value and function of novels so as to improve the status of the novels being criticized and even the whole novel style.Therefore,the prefaces and postscripts,in the way of basing on Confucian classics and history,highlighted the superiority of novels in supplementing Confucian classics and history through comparison;or juxtaposing the novels being criticized with the canonic works,or drawing a clear line be-tween the novel being discussed and those vulgar and boring novels;or claiming the novel as a work of founding a theory,or a work written in rich emotions,or a work created with the purpose of serving the society.The diverse prefaces and postscripts mainly put em-phasis on the novel's value defense and status labeling.Due to the limitation of their functions,the prefaces and postscripts can't be completely objective,and some of them even contained the exaggerated and unreal factors,so readers should not fully accepted them.
preface and postscriptmoralizationbased on Confucian classics and historyvalue defensecreative motivation
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