This thesis mainly discussed the characteristics of imagination in the tales of mystery and the supernatural.
In the chapter one, the function of imagination in the tales and the meaning of imagination in the classical books before and in the Six Dyn...
This thesis mainly discussed the characteristics of imagination in the tales of mystery and the supernatural.
In the chapter one, the function of imagination in the tales and the meaning of imagination in the classical books before and in the Six Dynasties are studied. At first, the fabrication in the tales of mystery and the supernatural, and then, the imagination from between fact and fabrication are studied. Besides, the function of game and banter in the tales of mystery and the supernatural is analyzed. About the classical books before the Six Dynasties, the concept of imagination in the Hanfeizi, Zhuangzi Chuci and so on is investigated; about the period of the Six Dynasties, the meaning of imagination in the works is discussed on the basis of the Wenfu and Wenxindiaolong. In addition, the meaning of imagination in the drawing theory in the Six Dynasties is observed mainly from Gu Kaizhi's drawing theory.
In the chapter two, the relation between the imagination and the geographical factor is analyzed. At first, the cause is discussed that the tales of mystery and the supernatural mainly appeared in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and southern area by discussing the background of society and culture. Then, the native places, the living times and areas of the tales writers are discussed. The relation between the imagination and the geographical factor on the basic of the regions of the tales in the Soshenji and Youmihglu is discussed. The relation between the imagination of the tales of mystery and the supernatural and southern culture is analyzed mainly from romanticism of southern culture, worship of totems and religion. The pluralism of imagination in the tales of mystery and the supernatural is analyzed.
In the chapter three, imagination and narration out of shape are studied. The concept of object in the Six Dynasties in the dismemberment, the imagination of obj ect of the ancient times, and the relation among obj ect, dismemberment and imagination are analyzed. The narration out of shape contains the one of dismemberment, the one of animals and plants, the one of persons and ghosts. The characteristics of imagination in these types are analyzed.
In the chapter four, the relation between imagination and the unusual narration is probed. The unusual narration includes the one of unusual areas, the one of paradise, the one of gloom and the one of hell. The narration of unusual areas is about the foreign countries including foreign countries, foreigners and foreign things. The tales are mainly in the Bowuzhi and Xuanzhongji, showing the imagination of the special space. The narration of paradise embodies hopes of the ideal world and imagination of the Six Dynasties. The narration of gloom displays the imagination of living and death and the concept of gloom. The effect of Buddhism imagination in the tales of mystery and the supF?~atural is investigated mainly from the narration of hell from Buddhism. In the chapter five, the effect of imagination of tales of mystery and the supernatural in the Six Dynasties in the tales of the marvelous in the Tang Dynasty and in the novels in the Ming-Qing period is investigated. The effect of imagination in tales of the marvelous in the Tang Dynasty is analyzed mainly from the narration of love between human being and spirit, mirrors and the cavities. The effect of imagination of Liaozhaizhiyi and Yueweitahgbiji is discussed mainly the narration out of shape.
This thesis tries mainly to reveal imagination in the tales of mystery and the supernatural in the Six Dynasties by the studying way and content above.