《續金瓶梅》的歷史觀照與人倫籲求──以吳月娘母子離散敘事為考察中心

Reflections on History and Ethics in the Xu jin ping mei

本文對於《續金瓶梅》的研究，認為丁耀亢有意通過「演義正體」的編創，在宋金戰亂的時空背景之中，深入敷演吳月娘與孝哥離散的敘事，提供讀者一個審視家國存續問題的歷史觀照角度，並且藉以表達重振人心善根的人倫籲求，進而編創一則勸世寓言。基於上述認識，本文主要立足於演義編創的觀點之上，針對吳月娘母子聚散離合的敘事內容進行分析，期能深入解讀丁耀亢編創《續金瓶梅》演義的作書主意。本文主要論述重點有二：其一，關於歷史觀照方面，探討丁耀亢如何從吳月娘母子聚散離合的敘述中，觀照天下無道的歷史現實，以此寄託家國存續的政治關懷；其二，關於人倫籲求方面，探討丁耀亢如何從吳月娘母子聚散離合的敘述中，探求母子終能團圓的成因，並寄託引獻讀者良心的思想主張，從中表達重振人倫的經世期望。 This article argues that through the separation of Wu Yueniang 吳月娘 and her son Xiaoge 孝哥, Ding Yaokang 丁耀亢, the author of the Xu jin ping mei 續金瓶梅, offers readers a way of looking at family continuation from a historical perspective. Set during the war between the Song 宋 and Jin 金, Ding creates an allegory of family and nation in an effort to emphasize the search for correct governance. Based on the historical characteristics of the book, I advance two important arguments. First, I assert that Ding Yaokang expresses his idea of uniting the family and saving the nation through the separation and reunion of Wu Yueniang and Xiaoge. Second, I argue that Ding attempts to focus the readers' attention on ethical concerns via their reunification. With these two arguments, I hope to explain Ding's motivations for writing the Xu jin ping mei.