《閱微草堂筆記》中北京書寫的「廣見聞」

Reading Beijing's ‘ wide-sightedness’ in the “Yuewei Cottage Notes”

紀昀在《四庫全書總目．子部小說家類敘》標舉對小說的看法是「寓勸戒、廣見聞、資考證」，而他在北京的書寫中，也呈現出如此的特質。在《閱微草堂筆記》中所呈現出北京的種種風土民情、社會百態，都極具社會史料的價值，讀之足以增廣見聞，增加對雍正、乾隆時期北京的熟稔。這種「廣見聞」的特質，正是紀昀北京書寫的特色之一。透過紀昀的筆端，讓讀者了解北京庶民的語言與生活、民俗宗教活動，也欣賞到北京各處名勝的種種奇花異草、怪石奇木。在諸多社會百態的描繪中，紀昀也寫出了北京社會底層人物忠僕、惡僕、騙子等芸芸眾生的社會百態，都極其生動逼真，無論是奴僕的可敬、可恨與可憐之處；騙子高明詐術所寓意的警世意味，都展現出其文學書寫的功力。

Ji Yun in the ''the Annotated Catalogue of the Emperor's Four Treasures'' Mark up his view of the novel is 'Pinned admonish, wide-sightedness, Helpful for verification', and he has such characteristics in his writing in Beijing. The various local customs and social conditions in Beijing shown in ''Yuewei Cottage Notes'' are of great value as social historical materials, and it is enough to read them, Increased familiarity with Beijing during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. This ''wide-sightedness'' feature is one of the characteristics of Ji Yun s Beijing writing。Through Ji Yun's writing, the reader is introduced to the language, life and religious activities of the common people of Beijing, as well as to the various sights and wonders of Beijing. In his many depictions of society, Ji Yun also portrays the loyal servants, villains and liars at the bottom of Beijing's social hierarchy. These portrayals are extremely vivid and realistic, both in the respectability, hatred, and pity of the servant, and in the cautionary implications of the deceiver's clever deceitful tactics, which demonstrate the power of his literary writing.