史为我用:论《隋史遗文》创作主旨及与时代之关系

隋唐改朝换代的历史,由民间说话到章回小说,历代演绎不绝。袁于令《隋史遗文》在隋唐讲史系列小说中具有独特的面貌,作者自称成书在崇祯朝。如果依据一个时代有一个时代的思想之法则,该作品以秦叔宝四易其主最终归附李世民的故事所宣扬的乱世变通哲学,便成书不可能在明末,只能在清初。袁于令实际上是借古说今,为清初的贰臣辩解。

Make the History Serve the Present:The Relationship between the Theme of Suishi Yiwen and Its Writing Context

Yuan Yuling's Suishi Yiwen is unique in the series of the novels ranging from the genre of shuohua to that of zhanghui about Sui to Tang transition.According to its author,Suishi Yiwen was completed in the Chongzhen Reign of the late Ming Dynasty.But if we take into account the close relationship between the theme of the novel and the historical and social context in which it was written,we will find that the flexible life philosophy adopted by Qin Qiong in his transferences from one master to another is in...