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1、上海交通大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文ChapterOneIntroduction1ChapterOneIntroduction1.1ABriefIntroductiontoPuSonglingLiaoZhaiZhiYi1.1.1PuSonglingPuSonglingwasbnintoa“l(fā)iteraryfamily”(HuangYouyietal2007:28)whichwasonthedecline.Althoughheexhibitedgre

2、attalentinliteraturewoncertainfameearlyinhisyouthhisacademiccareerwasfulloffrustrations.Atthattimetheimperialexaminationwastheonlywaytotalentstobecomegovernmentofficers.Whenhewas19hewon“thefirst”(ibid.)intheimperialexami

3、nationatthecountylevelthusbecameaxiucai.Unftunatelyheneverpassedthefollowupexaminationattheprovinciallevelfinallygaveupattheageof“50s60s”(ibid.29)duetohisfailuretimeagain.Duringhislifetimeheoncewkedasa“secretary”(ibid.)f

4、SunHuithecountymagistrateofBaoyinginJiangsuProvincewasateacher“inthecountryschoolroom”(MairMair1996:ii)ftherestofthetime.PuSonglingwasanunftunatetalentswhowas“overwhelmedbyfailure”(HuangYouyietal2007:29)itwasthisfailuret

5、hatmadehimasuccessfulauth.Hewasirritatedbythedarkness“unfairnessoftheimperialexaminationsystemofficialcruption”(ibid.)atthesametimesympathizedwith“thecommonpeople’shardships”(ibid.).Hewasoneofafewfeudalisticliteratiwhowe

6、rereally“concernedfthelotofpopeasants”(MairMair1996:ii).Sohewroteshtstiestoattackthesocietyespeciallythecruptgovernmentofficials.Besidesshtstieshewastheauthof“over1000poemsover100ci(afmofclassicalpoetry)over500articlesth

7、reeplays15balladsaswellasbooksofinstructionfdinaryfamers”(HuangYouyietal2007:30).1.1.2LiaoZhaiZhiYiZhiYiisakindofliterarystylehasalonghistywhichdatesbackto“thebeginningofthe3rdcentury”(MoRuoqiangMoZunzhongMoZunjun1988:4)

8、.Itcameintovogueduringthe“TangDynasty”(ibid.).LiaoZhaiZhiYiaclassicalChinese上海交通大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文ChapterOneIntroduction3volumes425sties”(ibid.)appearedthankstoZhaoQigaoanofficialofMuzhouPrefecture.In1955Pu’siginalmanuwas“photopri

9、ntedissuedbyBeijing’sGujiKanxingshe”(ibid.)thisversionincludesfourvolumes237sties.In1963ZhangYouheeditedannotatedaversionbasedon“ZhangXijie’sZhuxuezhaitranmadeduringEmperQianlong’sReign”(ibid.)whichwasbasedonMr.Zhu’sDian

10、chuntingtranfinishedin1723(PuSongling1979:1).Itcontains12volumes494stieswaspublishedby“ZhonghuaBookCompany’sShanghaibranch”(HuangYouyietal2007:36).In1989therecame“ZhuQikai’s‘newannotated’version”(ibid.)whichwaspublishedb

11、yPeople’sLiteraturePublishingHouse“RenDuxing’scompleteedition”(ibid.)waspublishedbyQiluPressin2000.Thisliteraryclassichaswonnumerouspraiseseversinceitsappearancethereevenappearsmonographsonitsuchas“TheCompleteCollectiono

12、fResearchonPuSongling(fourissues)StudyofPuSongling(Quarterly63issues)”(HuangYouyietal2007:37).LiaoZhaiZhiYialsohadagreatinfluenceupontheoverseasliterarywld.AccdingtoWangLinaamongallChineseclassicalnovelsLiaoZhaiZhiYihasb

13、eentranslatedintothelargestnumberoflanguagesmespecificallymethan20languages.(WangYan2008:214)ItwasfirstintroducedtoJapanasearlyas1784.Fromthenonithadmanyfeignversionsimitatedadaptedtranslated.Onethirdof“CollectionofStran

14、geChineseTales”(HuangYouyietal2007:38)publishedin1906inJapanwasfromPu’sshtsties.In1951acompleteeditionin10volumeswastranslatedby“TenmaShibata”(ibid.).Lateracotranslatedversionwhichwaspublishedby“Heibonsha”(ibid.39)appear

15、ed.acompleteversioninKeancamein1966.Inthe19thcenturyitwasintroducedtotheWesternliterarywld.ThemostinfluentialRussianversionwasrenderedbysinologistB.M.Alekseyev(ibid.).Besidesitisalsoavailablein“VietnameseFrenchGermanItal

16、ianPolishCzechHungarianBulgarianUkrainian”(ibid.).AmongalltheseversionsEnglishversionenjoysthegreatestinfluence.1.2AnOverviewoftheEnglishVersionsofLiaoZhaiZhiYiUptonowtherehasbeennocompleteEnglishtranslationofLiaoZhaiZhi