论《醒世姻缘传》的树形结构

摘要

The structure of the Rousing Story of Fated Love resembles a tree spiritually,with the view of causation as its root,the marriage between Chao Yuan and Di Xichen as its main trunk,the description of Mrs.Chao＇s later life as its minor trunk and many anecdotes as its branches and leaves.Based on this unique tree structure,the whole novel mainly depicts henpecked stories,presenting the social life of all kinds of rural people and middle and lower class urban people in the late Ming Dynasty.%《醒世姻缘传》的结构神似树形,因果观是树形结构之根,晁源和狄希陈的前生后世的婚姻是树形结构的主干,晁夫人的后半世是树形结构的次干,诸多大小轶事构成树形结构的枝叶。依托树形结构,整部小说以惧内故事为主要讲述对象,展示明代中后期乡村及城市中下层各色人物和社会生活,其结构颇具特色。