The relationship of the human and the ghost in Song Dynasty - Family-centered discussion

• Main Authors: Chang, Ching-Yu., 張菁育
• Other Authors: Liao, Hsien-Huei
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9fwhk9

碩士 === 國立清華大學 === 歷史研究所 === 105 === 　　There are many legend stories about the ghosts, goblins and gremlins in the biji fiction of Song Dynasty. In a famous biji fiction of Song Dynasty-Yijianzhi, it kept lots of thrilling stories which were spread at that time. The story scenes closed to the living of the people in Song Dynasty, and also there were cases of the interactions between the ghosts and their living families. In a famous biji fiction of Song Dynasty-Yijianzhi, it kept lots of thrilling stories which were spread at that time. The story scenes closed to the living of the people in Song Dynasty, and also there were cases of the interactions between the ghosts and their living families. 　　There are three aspects in this essay according to the family of Song including the interactions between the male ghost and the female ghost of the outsider, the revenge of dead spirit to the living person, and rescue and redeem of passed relative. On one hand, we try to notice the reality concerns behind these stories. On the other hand, we can observe the implicit contradictions and conflicts from the cases that were dealt without satisfactory after disputes. In chapter one, there is an explanation of research motivation, condition, and method. In chapter two, as a female of the outsider for example in discussion of a new family member, there was a doubt for a person in Song Dynasty to a female stranger which showed in the female ghost’s self-identification build up and the behavior of attracting male. In order to prevent the unknown female to get into the family, they satirized the male that they should refuse the temptation of female outsider in the views of medication, morality and retribution in the stories of biji fictions. In chapter three, from the story of the ghosts demanding their family’s lives or revenge, it showed that there was no balance among social status, moral regulation, and religious ceremony in Song Dynasty when we observe the implicit of the family members. In chapter four, from the viewpoint of the imagination of the world after people died, the fear of unknown destiny after death urged the people of Song Dynasty to perform several of religious ceremonies to help the soul of their passed relative’s peace actively. In the last chapter, it combined the above content. We could see the people in Song Dynasty to explain the difficulties of their family lives from different aspects in religious and retribution. The story seems that it was the interaction between people and the ghost, but it reflected that there were problems between humans at certain degrees.