≪삼국연의≫의 용 이미지와 ≪주역≫ 乾卦의 형상화

Abstract

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms(≪三國演義≫) describes struggle heros and construction of the country in the Three Kingdoms period. The novel used ‘dragon’ images very effectively which has developed rich in the ancient China, and was to help complete an effective and integrated narrative. This paper is particularly ‘dragon’ image of what is said in the three aspects that contributed to the story. First, one of the most successful image depicting a dragon is ‘Discuss Heroes Warming up the Wine’, which passage expressed Cao Cao and Liu Bei character through the dragon images. Second, the ‘dragon’ auspicious(符瑞) concentrated to Wei and Wu in the historical books, but the novel is hardly employ these departments, literary shaped as a dragon image was given to the Shu. Third, growth and decline of Shu and Liu Bei was shaped dragon images from the Qian Gua(≪乾卦≫) in the Zhouyi(≪周易≫). Besides, Literary power robust and strong aesthetics to inspire people in the novel is also related to the shape of these forces associated with the Zhouyi Qian Gua. These factors are considerably significant in that it is a work that complements the traditional reading of the novel and see the novel as a new angle.