唐太宗入冥故事系列研究

摘要

唐太宗入冥故事，历经从唐代文人笔记、民间变文至元杂剧、明清小说，是影响较大、流传已久的游冥故事。唐太宗入冥故事系列，涉及冥界观念的演变、小说对“玄武门”事件的态度、唐太宗对佛教的态度等很多方面。《唐太宗入冥记》变文中的冥界观念清晰明确，反映了初唐时期的冥界观念。明清小说中的唐太宗入冥故事反映了明清时期社会比较流行的冥界观念。唐太宗入冥故事的演变过程中，人物形象、性格特征也发生了改变。唐太宗游地府的故事作为一个可以独立流传的故事，不过是一个基本框架，被不同的创作者因着不同的创作主旨加以利用重新改造，在这个框架内加进一些不同的内容，反映了作者不同的创作主旨。%Tang Taizong's travel story to the nether world is very influential and spreads for a long time from writers'notes and folks'Bianwen of Tang Dynasty to poetic dramas of Yuan Dynasty and novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties.The series of Tang Taizong's travel story to the nether world in-volve the development of the nether world conception,novels'attitudes to Xuanwu Gate Affair and Tang Taizong's attitudes to Buddhism.The nether world conception in the Bianwen of The Record of Tang Taizong's Travel to the Nether World is clear and explicit,which is dominant in the early Tang Dynasty,and is very popular in novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties.The characters and personalities changed in the development of these stories too.As a separate story,Tang Taizong's travel story to the nether world demonstrates a basic framework,and is transformed by different writers for different purposes.They add new contents to the stories and express their own writing substances.