儒將化的治水之神——試論元明小說戲曲對二郎神形象的再創造

Modifying a god of dredging riverbank and preventing flood into a Confucian scholar-general ─Re-creation of the Yuan and Ming fiction drama Erlangshen image

元明小說戲曲作品對二郎神形象的影響，有不少研究者撰文加以探討，但是元明小說戲曲對二郎神形象的再創造，使得二郎神從消災解厄的治水之神一變為效忠帝王的天神，卻未有專文討論。本文以前人研究二郎神形象在宋以前文獻記載的演變為參考，考察元明小說戲曲作品對於二郎神形象的再創造，從中見出當日的士人理想與自身的形象投射，並放置於二郎神形象演變的脈絡上加以觀察，以見出元明文學作品對二郎神流傳後世形象的深遠影響。

There have been a lot of researchers discussing the impact of The Yuan and Ming fiction drama on the image of Erlangshen; However, articles about the re-creation of Erlangshen's image by the Yuan and Ming fiction drama which transform Erlangshen a god of regulating rivers and watercourses into a loyal courtier have never appeared before. Based on the evolvement of Erlangshen's image recorded in the past documents, this article observes and studies the re-creation of Erlangshen's image by the Yuan and Ming fiction drama, and from these dramas we can not only discover the reflections of literati's ideals and their own images at that time, but also find the profound influence of the Yuan and Ming literature on Erlangshen's image spreading to now.