Ancient Fiction and Traditional Ethics -- A Brief Discussion on Ancient Fiction Culture Series

Author: Zhao Xingqin
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: What we usually refer to as ethics is the moral principles and rules that should be followed in handling interpersonal relationships. The novel is one of the important forms of literature. Determined by its special genre, it must rely on the shaping of images and the development of plots to broadly reflect the rich and varied social life. A novel is a kind of life. And an important part of social life is the moral life of people. Therefore, like other literary forms, the characters it portrays and the plots it weaves are inseparable from the moral context of the era in which the author lives, and are inevitably imbued with the moral discourse of that specific time. At the same time, as a member of the real society, the author is inevitably constrained by a certain worldview and moral perspective in establishing the creative intent and constructing the plot. From the perspective of the reality of novel writing to observe ethics, and to examine novels from the perspective of ethics, to explore their mutual relationship and the changes and developments of this relationship under different historical conditions and social environments, is undoubtedly a very meaningful attempt.