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The Theory of Moralizing Novels and Simulating Vernacular Novels in the Late Ming Dynasty

Kang Guo-zhang

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The function of novels in China at their early phase was to complement formal history or to entertain people. Their function of moralization caught people's attention since Tang Dynasty. In late Ming Dynasty, novel theorists and writers emphasized the function of moralization intending to raise the status of novel in literature. The functions of moralization of Novels, especially folk novels, were regards to be superior to any other ideology. Simulating vernacular novels in the late Ming dynasty were severely influenced by this theory and formed their own particularities.

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The function of novels in China at their early phase was to complement formal history or to entertain people. Their function of moralization caught people's attention since Tang Dynasty. In late Ming Dynasty, novel theorists and writers emphasized the function of moralization intending to raise the status of novel in literature. The functions of moralization of Novels, especially folk novels, were regards to be superior to any other ideology. Simulating vernacular novels in the late Ming dynasty were severely influenced by this theory and formed their own particularities.

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The function of novels in China at their early phase was to complement formal history or to entertain people. Their function of moralization caught people's attention since Tang Dynasty. In late Ming Dynasty, novel theorists and writers emphasized the function of moralization intending to raise the status of novel in literature. The functions of moralization of Novels, especially folk novels, were regards to be superior to any other ideology. Simulating vernacular novels in the late Ming dynasty were severely influenced by this theory and formed their own particularities.

Key concepts: Vernacular, Ideology, Literature, History, Complement (music), China, Chinese literature, History of China

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