, the full name is "Newly Added Jingzhong Romance Shuo Ben Yuewang Quanzhuan", it is a heroic legend novel based on the story of Yue Fei's fight against gold, with a certain historical romance color. Yue Fei, courtesy name Pengju, was a famous patriotic general in the Southern Song Dynasty.He resolutely fought against the Japanese and fought the enemy bravely, and won the deep love of the people both during his lifetime and after his death.Not long after he was murdered, folks began to sing his story, and in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Yue Fei's deeds of serving the country faithfully were widely spread.For example, there are "Ksitigarbha King Zheng Dongchuang Shi Ji" in Yuan Zaju, and there are legends "Jing Zhong Ji" in Ming Dynasty.Among the Ming Dynasty novels are Xiong Damu's "Da Song Zhongxing Popular Romance", "Yue Wumu Wang Jingzhong Biography" edited by Zou Yuanbiao edited by Kumamoto, and Yu Huayu's "Yue Wumu's Loyalty to the Country Biography" and so on.By the early Qing Dynasty, there appeared this eighty chapters.The title of the book is "Renhe Qiancai Compilation" and "Yongfu Jinfeng Supplement". Qian Cai and Jinfeng can be regarded as the co-authors of this book.The life stories of Qian and Jin are unknown, and they are probably intellectuals living in the lower class of society.They synthesized the works of Shuoyue theme in the past dynasties, processed and transformed them on this basis, and wrote them.After it came out, its influence was so great that it dwarfed the works of the same theme in the past, thus becoming a conclusive and stereotyped work among novels of this kind of theme.

It is a work with relatively complex ideological content. It uses the struggle of loyalty and traitors as a clue to unfold ethnic conflicts, and expresses the struggle of loyalty and traitors in ethnic conflicts.The struggle between loyalty and traitors is a relatively old theme, but the struggle between loyalty and traitors in different eras has different specific content.The struggle between loyalty and traitors described in the book was carried out under the special historical background of the Southern Song Dynasty's unstable state and the Jin soldiers' massive invasion of the Central Plains.Patriotic generals such as Yue Fei advocated the War of Resistance and regained lost ground.The power and traitor group headed by Qin Hui tried their best to advocate traitorousness and seek peace.Therefore, patriotism and traitorousness, war of resistance and surrender have become the specific content of the struggle between loyalty and traitor reflected in the works.Since the supreme ruler, the emperor, is on the side of the capitulators, the author and the protagonist of the work are faced with an insurmountable contradiction: on the one hand, praising the war of resistance is the inherent central content of Yue Yue's story, and it is also in line with the author's thinking; It is the highest moral standard in feudal society and the "first of the three cardinal principles". The author cannot go beyond this understanding.Originally, when the emperor himself was the leader of the capitulation faction, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism could not be combined.But in the novel, the author tried his best to unify the two, which resulted in the complexity of the theme of the work and Yue Fei's character.The author couldn't explain the tragedy of reality, so he added a comforting tail to Yue Fei's story.Therefore, the eighty chapters are naturally divided into two relatively independent parts: the first sixty-one chapters are Yue Fei's "hero spectrum" and "history of entrepreneurship"; Shen Bing was posthumously titled "Jing Zhong Wu Mu Wang".

Yue Fei is the image of a national hero created by the author's pen and ink.In order to highlight this image, the work has endowed him with a variety of legendary colors since his birth: the mother and child floated to a foreign land in a flower vat during the flood; Get acquainted with many little heroes; then get the sharp gun and the "Zhanlu" sword, and choose an extraordinary horse to sit on; All of them have laid a good foundation for the future achievements of this national pillar who "leads by example and always shows love, and pays attention to life without fame".Because of such ideological foundation and civil and military strategy, at the critical moment of the Southern Song Dynasty's survival, he resolutely enlisted to fight against the gold, and repeatedly eliminated the framing and interference of treacherous ministers, killed enemies for the country, and made outstanding achievements repeatedly.

With the support of the ruling and anti-war factions, he finally became a marshal. In addition, Niu Gao and others led the Taihang Mountain Rebel Army to join him, and his momentum became stronger.And Yue Fei's image has reached the peak of glory so far. Due to the insurmountable deep contradiction between loyalty and patriotism in Yue Fei's thinking, when Qin Hui cooperated with the outside world to slander Gaozong and recall him from the front line that was about to win the final victory with twelve gold medals, he held " Since it was an imperial decree, the foolish and loyal concept of "regarding other powers and officials taking power" bowed his head and obeyed orders, and Wang Heng was not allowed to rebel. He also summoned his eldest son Yue Yun and general Zhang Xian to the capital to prevent them from rebelling. The self-consolation of loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, and Yue Yun and Zhang Xian were killed in the Fengbo Pavilion.His tragedy of being loyal to the highest feudal moral norms is in sharp contrast to his vigorous struggle against gold. Acknowledgment of foolish loyalty.

If Yue Fei is a tragic hero who made great achievements for the country but died of ignorance and loyalty, then Niu Gao is a reckless hero who not only hates powerful officials, but also dares to criticize the faint king.The author's portrayal of his straightforward, optimistic, yet envious, brave and fearless character is quite vivid.This is one of the most glorious images in the works, and the huge influence among the people is inseparable from this image.He is not as "confused" as Yue Fei. Although he is rude and reckless, he is upright and can distinguish right from wrong.He didn't have as many feudal dogmas as Yue Fei. After Zhang Bangchang wanted to kill Yue Fei after picking Xiaoliang King, he dared to break the flagpole with his mace and called on everyone to rebel; , and called himself "King of Justice".The imperial decree came to recruit, and he said: "Taifan became the emperor, and he was ruthless. I, Niugao, will not be deceived by the emperor, and I will not be recruited." Dayi, with national interests as the most important, resolutely went down the mountain to join Yue Fei's anti-golden team.

If it is said that Yue Fei, as a tragic image, expresses more values ​​of thought, ethics, and morality and makes people cry, then the image of Niu Gao shines with more brilliance of character, adding to the work in a tragic atmosphere. In the tone of comedy, he is not only a fierce hero like Li Kui, but also a lucky general like Cheng Yaojin. Li Kui's innocence and honesty and Cheng Yaojin's pungent humor blend together, presenting a serious comedy, Very rich in comedy aesthetic appeal.Compared with Yue Fei's tragic character, Niu Gao's comedic character, which maintains the true qualities of a reckless hero, is very distinct, more real, more humane and folk.This is another vivid artistic image in the series of comic heroes such as Zhang Fei, Li Kui, Lu Zhishen and later Cheng Yaojin.

Full of legend.The plots of Yue Fei breaking into the enemy camp with a single gun, Liang Hongyu beating drums to fight Jinshan, Niu Gao riding Jin Wushu on his crotch and laughing to death are all vividly written and full of appeal.Others, such as Li Ruoshui, who faced the cruel criminal law, was awe-inspiring and unyielding, and even bit off the ear of the old wolf master; Lowering one's own arm, etc., can leave an unforgettable impression on people. The plot arrangement has its own characteristics.With Yue Fei as the center, it forms the trend of stars supporting the moon. In addition, while the vertical main line is clear, the work also pays attention to the vividness of the plot and the richness of the characters in the horizontal aspect. , Rendering and other techniques are used freely and are relatively successful.

The whole story is in the tone of a storyteller, the language is popular and fluent, concise and lively, wonderful and moving, and highly readable. It should be pointed out that due to the influence of the traditional concept of karma, the contradictions between Song and Jin, and the contradiction between loyalty and treachery were attributed to old grudges. Due to the number of days, the contradiction between Yue Fei and Jin Wushu was interpreted as the relationship between Dapeng and Chi. Xulong repays his grievances, which to a certain extent weakens the sense of love and hatred in the realistic description.In addition, the work fictionalizes a happy happy ending: Yue Fei is enshrined after his death, treacherous officials are punished, Yue Lei goes straight to Huanglong, and Wushu dies of anger... Although this kind of fiction is very satisfying, it is weak and not clever.

Generally speaking, it is a relatively excellent work. Its leading idea is positive, but it also contains some dross; the art of the novel has a commendable aspect, but it also has flaws.As long as today's readers read this novel with a correct attitude, they will be able to gain historical lessons and artistic enjoyment.