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A Study on Tang Chuanqi from the Structure of Afterlife
The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies
2019,
(44), pp.1-22
DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2019..44.001
Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
Research Area : Chinese Culture
DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2019..44.001
Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
Research Area : Chinese Culture
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This study was began to clarify the world after death of Tang Chuanqi(唐傳奇) novels by making an abstraction and analysis of their structure. Tang Chuanqi was a form of short story in the classical language which developed in the Tang dynasty. Many Authors of Tang Chuanqi often thought of death, they were afraid of death, they believed in afterlife. So, what did they imagine for that? What did they want to be in rebirth? Afterlife is the belief that an soul continues to manifest after the death of the physical body. According to novelists's ideas about the afterlife, the soul may be reborn into this world and begin the life cycle over again. Such rebirths and deaths may take place over and over again continuously until the individual gains entry to a spiritual realm or otherworld. Therefore, major views on the afterlife derive from religions. Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being starts a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death. It is also called rebirth or transmigration, and is a part of the Saṃsāra doctrine of cyclic existence. A belief in rebirth metempsychosis was held by Greek historic figures, such as Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, etc. Tang Chuanqi novels of that type were formed literally from superstitious atmospheric force of nature theory including Confucianism, Buddihsm, Taoism, and writers mixed four patterns - many types of soul, rebirth, resuscitation and agnosticism - from these religions for attract the interest of many people.
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