恽敬家族传记的文学与史学价值

恽敬的家族传记按照传主身份的不同,可分为两类:一类是为身边共同生活过的家族人物写的传记;一类是为家族先贤立的传记。这些传记能选取典型情节、运用多种文学描写手法塑造人物形象,且能在传记中抒发真性情,具有较高的文学价值。同时,也具有一定的史学价值:既有益于恽敬研究、恽氏家族研究,也利于清代传记文学研究。

The Literary and Historical Significance of Yun Jing's Family Biographies

Yun Jing’s family biographies fall into two categories,based on the identity of heroes.One category includes those about family members who had been living around together while the other is about deceased virtuous family members.Both are featured with typical stories,characters depicted with various literary devices,revealing the true nature of the heroes,thus are of considerably high literary significance.Meanwhile,they are also of historical value,contributing to both studies of Yun Jing and his family and the development of biographies in the Qing Dynasty.