清代通俗小说宝物崇拜与辽沈战争

明代国人对先进兵器的需求,有了事关国运家邦命运的迫切性。外来火器,在明末辽沈战场上发挥了举国震惊的威力,也受到具体操作者素质、技术等方面的制约。清代通俗小说的描写却依旧承袭道教和民间秘密宗教中的法术,叙事偏重在以辉煌的结局强调宝物的威力,缺少一种战争工具本身的技术性展示。小农经济下的平民心理,考虑的依旧是眼前易于操作,并不真正关注具体操作过程和操作者素质,把事情简单化和理想化了。同时,将宝贝兵器视为百试不爽的万能法宝,也极为形象地状写出人们受到时代、观念积习的限制,在先进兵器期盼方面的局限性。

Wars in Liaodong Peninsula in Late Ming Dynasty and Treasure Worship of Popular Novels in the Qing Dynasty

Foreign weapons played an astounding role in wars in Liaodong Peninsula in late Ming Dynasty,though their power was not fully exerted for the limitation of the quality and technique of the handlers.But in popular novels of the Qing Dynasty,particular stress was laid on the power of the treasures similarly as the magic arts in Daoism and secret folk religions,being insufficient in the technological demonstration of the weapon as war tools.Owing to the populace psychology under peasant economy,priority was gi...