明代小说道教因素述略

摘要

明代小说包含着许多道教因素。神魔小说《西游记》、《封神演义》与道教息息相关,长篇历史小说《水浒传》、《三国演义》具有浓郁的道教色彩,以＂三言二拍＂为代表的话本体小说更是＂道化题材＂。明代小说中道教影响的意象痕迹和渗透随处可见。道教作为一种本土宗教,原本就与中国百姓的世俗生活有着千丝万缕的联系,而作为道教信仰、道教情感艺术表达的一种形式———＂道化题材＂小说,就更是植根于世俗生活的泥土之中。%Ming Dynasty novels entails some Taoist elements.For example,novels like The Journey to the West and The Legend of Deification,are closely linked with Taoism;historical novels like Heroes of Marshes and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms have strong Taoism flavor,and such story-telling novels,as ＂San Yan and Er Pai＂,possess many Taoism subjects.In short,the ideological signs and infiltration of Taoism＇s influence on novels of Ming Dynasty could be perceived almost everywhere.Taoism as a native religion has all kinds of connections with the people＇s secular life in China,but the novels about Taoism which express the belief and emotion of Taoism rooted the soil of secular life deeper than it.