不慕神仙爱鬼怪——论《剪灯新话》的鬼神故事

摘要

There are 22 stories in Jian Deng Xin Hua,in which 16 articles are in regard to ghosts.These ghost stories show new features for blending in the author's thinking of life and society.The supernatural story in Jian Deng Xin Hua clearly reflects the weakening of sacred stories and the preference of ghost stories.This is due to the evolution of heterogeneous subjects,and the author's deliberate choice to reflect and criticize the social reality.%《剪灯新话》22篇故事中,有16篇涉及到鬼神。这些鬼神故事因融入了作者对人生和社会的思考而呈现出新的时代特点。《剪灯新话》中的鬼神故事明显地体现出作者在题材上对人神故事的弱化和对人鬼故事的偏爱,这是异类题材内部发展演变的结果,更是作者借小说反映和批判现实的有意选择。