【英文摘要】Many of the Ming and Qing novelists based their stories on the motif of gold and silver.In the continuing variation of this motif,they expressed an unexhausted longing for prosperity through human efforts.Closely related to the silver monetary system,this motive embodied a literary mysticism that reflected the economic demands on the literary creation.
【关 键 词】金银母题/明清小说/主题学/货币制度/商品经济gold and silver/Ming and Qing Dynasties novels/literary motives/monetary system/commodity economy
