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Qing and Qu in Sanyan

Choi Byeong Gyu 1

1안동대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper focused on Qing(情) and Yu(欲) in Sanyan(三言) novels. Qing(情) is platonic love, Yu(欲) is sexual desire. In traditional chinese culture, chinese philosophers did not segregate Qing(情) from Yu(欲), they thought Qing(情) is composed of Yu(欲). Therefore in chinese ancient literature, platonic love and sexual desire were always united together. But this paper segregate Qing(情) from Yu(欲) in Sanyan. Qing(情) in Sanyan is composed of infatuation(癡情) and sympathy for poor pathetic women like prostitute and concubine. Yu(欲) in Sanyan was described very plainly, the author of Sanyan accepted the Yu(欲) as a natural thing. That is why there are so many amorous expressions in the novels. They went as far as to glorify the sexual desire between two sexes.

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