The study of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “ (臺灣外記), a narrative of events not orded in history

• Main Authors: Shu-hui Lu, 盧淑惠
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9tk67t

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 中國文學所 === 94 === Paper Subject : The study of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “ (臺灣外記), a narrative of events not recorded in history Summary There are two main parts of my paper subject. The author of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “(臺灣外記)- Mr. Ri-sheng Jiang (江日昇), the book version, the spreading of the book and its history position will be discussed first . And then, I would talk about the content of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “(臺灣外記), its contained thoughts and its writing skills. Also, the advantages and disadvantages of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “(臺灣外記) will be further concluded at the end of my paper subject. Chapter One : General Introduction This charter is divided into three units, including the origin of the study, a brief study description of forerunners and the scope of the whole study. All the quotations adapted in this paper is based on the version of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “(臺灣外記) – thirty divisions, printed by Shanghai Ancient Book Press in 1997. Chapter Two : Unit 1 – The name of the author, his background and the adventure of his life. Unit 2 – Mr. Ri-sheng Jiang (江日昇)’s writing motive on the book of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “ (臺灣外記). Unit 3 – The origins of the book “ Taiwan Wai Ji “ (臺灣外記) are based on the information taught orally by the author’s father and the local elderly. The author also collected the related history materials for the book. Chapter Three : Unit 1 – exploring the name derivation of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “ (臺灣外記). Mr. Ri-sheng Jiang (江日昇) should have written “ Taiwan Wai Ji “ (臺灣外記) during the years from 1708 to 1718 and have accomplished for printing the book in 1773. Unit 2 – discussing the spreading of the book version. Unit 3 – analyzing the history position about “ Taiwan Wai Ji “ (臺灣外記), I personally think that the book both possesses the characteristics of history and novels. Chapter Four : Studying the context of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “ (臺灣外記), which shows the value in the history literature. I am going to discuss this chapter by the followings. Unit 1 – jutting out the spirits of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “ (臺灣外記) in history and truth through presenting of historical incidents in comparison with the history books Unit 2 - Recording those facts that those political and financial measures implemented by Mr. Cheng-gong Zheng during the period he was empowered to manage in Taiwan. Unit 3 – keeping the literature of Ming dynasty’s survivors. Unit 4 – stating the legends and customs at that stage. Chapter Five : Discovering the contained thoughts of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “(臺灣外記). Unit 1 – God’s will controls human affairs. Ri-sheng Jiang (江日昇) made it reasonable by using God’s will to explain the Cheng’s political power for five generations. Unit 2 – The feeling and response between God and human. Unit 3 – Praising the loyalty and justice by giving examples of the government servants’ loyalty toward their master in South Ming dynasty, the determined fighters against Ming Dynasty in Ching dynasty and the stories of women’s fidelity. Chapter Six : Revealing the value of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “(臺灣外記) in literature by analyzing its writing skills. Unit 1 – Proceeding the research on the structure and plot arrangement of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “(臺灣外記). Unit 2 – Analyzing the choice of the book topic and ways of its description. Unit 3 – Analyzing the characters in the book, including the characters’ contrast, the characters’ personality, the characters’ language usage and the characters’ movement and action. Chapter Seven : Conclusion – making a conclusion on the above-mentioned chapters referring the viewpoints and results. All the advantages and disadvantages of “ Taiwan Wai Ji “(臺灣外記) will be further discussed.