论析《女仙外史》中的宿命观 = An analysis of "fate" in the novel of unofficial history of the female transcendent

• Main Author: 李琳萱 Lee, Ling Xuan
• Other Authors: Chang Yuan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174099
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

以明代历史上的“靖难之役”为背,《女仙外史》讲述了唐赛儿与燕王之间的斗争以及唐赛儿的“复国”大业。在小说中，唐赛儿是正义的代表。在众人的支持下，唐赛儿开始了一场了轰轰烈烈的复国事业。但是最终，这番复国大业却是以失败作为结局。作者将这一切的结果归其于“宿命”，而以“宿命”来解释史实成了这部小说的特点。之所以如此，是因为作者的背景与时代的特殊性。但是却鲜少有人研究《女仙外史》中的宿命观。 因此，笔者将通过文本的解读，来分析《女仙外史》所欲表达的宿命观并且以及结合明末清初的背景，来探究作者如此塑造宿命观的目的。 关键词：《女仙外史》，宿命，明末清初 Based on the "Battle of Jingnan" in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the novel of “Unofficial history of the female transcendent” describes the tension between Tang Saier's and Prince Yan and how Tang Sai Er aims to restore the domination of Jian Wen emperor. In the novel, Tang Sai er is the representative of Justice. With the support from the majority, she initiate a rebel against Yong Le emperor. However, in the end, the effort of restoring the domination of Jian Wen emperor failed. The author attributes all of this to "fate", and using "fate" as an explanation has become a unique point of the novel. The reason for this is due to the author's background and the particularity of the times. However, the concept of “fate” in the novel has been rather poorly understood and under analysed so far. Therefore, this paper will conduct a detailed analysis of the text to analyse the concept of “destiny” that the book intends to portray. Furthermore, the article will consider the social and political background of late Ming and early Qing to uncover author’s intentions in the way he shape the concept of “destiny”. Keywords: “ Unofficial history of the female transcendent”, Fate, Late Ming and early Qing.