Abstract
The Ming dynasty court-case fiction, Lianming Court-case, exhibits the characteristic features of the court-case fiction of the verdict genre. The literary value of court-case fiction has been generally underestimated in academia, mainly due to the aesthetic standards established in the later periods. The verdict genre court-case fiction emerged during the Ming dynasty, a time when Confucianism was popularized among the common people and legal knowledge became widespread. It conformed to the social ideological trends and catered to specific ideological training, thus gaining recognition both officially and among the general public. The verdict genre court-case fiction inherited the literary tradition of personal affairs in private cases from the Song dynasty but, in terms of aesthetic interest, it incorporated judicial knowledge and emphasized its judicial attributes, creating a distinct thematic appeal different from other types of fiction. Therefore, the combination of informative and narrative elements in the verdict genre court-case fiction contributes to its cognitive and educational value, marking a unique historical imprint and possessing its own aesthetic value.
Keywords
court-case fiction, verdict genre, theory of knowledge, Yu Xiangdou
First Page
52
Last Page
61
Recommended Citation
Tu, Xiuhong. 2024. "The Knowledge Context and Epistemological Value of Editing in Verdict Genre Court-case Fiction." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 43, (5): pp.52-61. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol43/iss5/6
