是指明代五本著名傳奇小說集的合稱,“三言”即《喻世明言》、《警世通言》、《醒世恆言》的合稱。作者為明代馮夢竜。“二拍”則是中國擬話本小說集《初刻拍案驚奇》和《二刻拍案驚奇》的合稱。作者凌蒙初。
三言
馮夢竜編的“三言”,是《喻世明言》《警世通言》《醒世恆言》三部小說集的總稱。《喻世明言》亦稱《古今小說》,但“古今小說”實為“三言”的通稱。
“三言”每集40篇,共120篇。分別刊於天啓元年(1621)前後、天啓四年(1624)、七年(1627)。這些作品有的是輯錄了宋元明以來的舊本,但一般都做了不同程度的修改;也有的是據文言筆記、傳奇小說、戲麯、歷史故事,乃至社會傳聞再創作而成,故“三言”包容了舊本的匯輯和新著的創作,是我國白話短篇小說在說唱藝術的基礎上,經過文人的整理加工到文人進行獨立創作的開始。它“極摹人情世態之歧,備寫悲歡離合之致”(笑花主人《今古奇觀序》),是宋元明三代最重要的一部白話短篇小說的總集。它的出現,標志着古代白話短篇小說整理和創作高潮的到來。
二拍
在“三言”的影響下,凌蒙初編著了《初刻拍案驚奇》(刊於1628年)和《二刻拍案驚奇》(刊於1632年)各40捲,人稱“二拍”。凌蒙蒙初(1580—1644),字玄房,號初成,別號即空觀主人,烏程(今浙江吳興)人。18歲補廩膳生,後科場一直不利。55歲時,以優貢授上海縣丞,後擢徐州通判並分署房村。崇禎十七年(1644),李自成部進逼徐州,憂憤而死。他一生著述甚多,而以“二拍” 最有名。“二拍”與“三言”不同,基本上都是個人創作,“取古今來雜碎事可新聽睹、佐談諧者,演而暢之”(《二刻拍案驚奇小引》)。它已經是一部個人的白話小說創作專集。“捲帙浩繁,觀覽難周”(笑花主人《今古奇觀序》),故從中選取40種成《今古奇觀》。後三百年中,它就成為一部流傳最廣的白話短篇小說的選本。
三言中每一章都講了一個道理,但有的章節穢語甚多,而有的則故事情節引人入勝,比如《醒世恆言》中有一章《賣油郎獨占花魁》講了油郎秦重尋父、花魁娘子尋夫從良過程中兩人從相識到相愛的美好故事。
“ 三言”所收錄的作品,無論是宋元舊篇,還是明代新作和馮夢竜擬作,都程度不同地經過馮夢竜增刪和潤飾。這些作品,題材廣泛,內容復雜。有對封建官僚醜惡的譴責和對正直官吏德行的贊揚,有對友誼、愛情的歌頌和對背信棄義、負心行為的斥責。更值得註意的,有不少作品描寫了市井百姓的生活。如《施潤澤灘闕遇友》、《蔣興哥重會珍珠衫》、《杜十娘怒沉百寶箱》、《賣油郎獨占花魁》等。在這些作品裏,強調人的感情和人的價值應該得到尊重,所宣揚的道德標準、婚姻原則,與封建禮教、傳統觀念是相違悖的。這是充滿生命活力的市民思想意識的體現。“三言”中的優秀作品,既重視故事完整,情節麯折和細節豐富,又調動了多種表現手段,刻畫人物性格。它的刊行,推動了短篇小說的發展和繁榮,標志着中國短篇白話小說的民族風格和特點已經形成。
“二拍”的有些作品反映了市民生活和他們的思想意識。如《轉運漢遇巧洞庭紅》寫商人泛海經商事,可以看出明末商人們追求錢財的強烈欲望。《烏將軍一飯必酬》、《疊居奇程客得助》等重視商業描寫,在以往的短篇小說中非常罕見。有些作品提出在愛情婚姻生活中要求男女平等的觀點。如《李將軍錯認舅》,描寫了劉翠翠和金定忠貞不渝的愛情。先是翠翠迫使父母放棄“門當戶對”的習俗陳規而和金定結合,後翠翠被李將軍虜去作妾,金定又歷盡艱辛,終於找到了翠翠。但迫於將軍權勢,不得以夫妻相認,最後以雙雙殉情來表示他們之間的至死不渝的感情。“二拍”善於組織情節,因此多數篇章有一定的吸引力,語言也較生動。但從總的藝術魅力來說,它比“三言”差得多。
Refers to the famous Ming Dynasty Legends five sets collectively, the "three words" that "Yu Shiming Yan", "Jingshitongyan", "Awaken the common saying" the collectively. The author is Ming Feng Meng. "Amazing Stories" is telling in this novel set in China, "first moment of surprises," and the "moment of surprises" and collectively. On the early Ling Meng. Three Words Feng Meng-long series of "Three Words" and "Yu Shiming Words" and "Jingshitongyan" "Awaken common saying" the three novels set in general. "Yu Shiming words," also known as "ancient and modern fiction," but "ancient and modern fiction" is actually "three words" the generic term. Amazing Stories Three words in each chapter tells a truth, but some sections of offensive language are many, while others fascinating story, such as "Awaken the common saying" a chapter in "exclusive courtesan oil merchant" about the heavy oil Lang Qin Looking for Father, courtesan lady looks for her husband during the two from the good from acquaintance to love the good stories. "Three Words" by your work, whether old papers Song or the Ming and Feng Meng intended for new work, both additions and deletions in varying degrees through Feng Meng and retouching. These works varied, and complexity. A condemnation of the feudal and bureaucratic integrity ugly officials praised virtue, there are about friendship, love, praise and treachery, betrayal act of rebuke. More noteworthy, a number of works depicted the lives of the people marketplace. Such as "Que Tan Shi Runze case of" Friends, "the Spatial weight will Zhenzhu Shan Brother", "Du Shiniang", "exclusive courtesan oil merchant" and so on. In these works, the emphasis on human feelings and human values should be respected, for a moral standard, the principle of marriage, and the feudal ethical code, runs counter to the traditional notion. It is full of vigor and vitality of the public manifestation of ideology. "Three words" in good works, not only to complete the story, plot twists and details of the rich, the mobilization of a variety of means of expression, characterization Characters in. It is the published, promoted the development and prosperity of short stories, marked the vernacular short fiction has become the national style and features.
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