從行針佈線看《十五貫》的偵探結構及其意涵

Investigation on Detective Structure and Implication of ＂Shi Wu Guan＂ Based on Setting of Clues

陳麗君(Li-Chun Chen)

《東海大學圖書館館訊》 133期 (2012/10) Pp. 83-94

https://doi.org/10.7004/TULN.201210.0083

摘要

中國的公案文學淵遠流長，描述種種離奇的斷案故事與清官傳說。多數作品充斥著承辦法律案件官員的神格化能力與因果報應思想，少有西方偵探故事中特殊的懸疑設計，精彩的偵查手法與破案過程。清傳奇《十五貫》是一部特殊的公案劇，案件的發生由許多的機緣巧合所組成，偵辦過程卻具有濃厚的偵探色彩。本文分析《十五貫》劇中製謎與解謎的過程，探討此劇在中國公案劇傳統中的普遍性與特殊性。

關鍵字

十五貫 ； 公案劇 ； 偵探 ； 斷案 ； 果報 ； 製謎 ； 解謎

並列摘要

The Chinese Gongan literature, in which various bizarre stories of judgments of court cases and legends of judicious magistrates have been narrated, dates back to ancient times. While most Gongan works are full of narratives of deified abilities of officials in charge of lawsuits and beliefs in karma and reincarnation, they lack mysterious plots, exhilarating detective skills and criminal investigation processes that one usually encounters in the western detective stories. Shi wu guan (Fifteen Strings of Cash), a legend of Ching Dynasty, is a special Chinese Gongan opera--the occurrence of its criminal cases consists of numerous coincidences, and its criminal investigation process demonstrates strong detective characteristics. In this paper the riddle formation and unraveling processes in Shi wu guan are analyzed to illustrate the unique and generic features of this work among the traditional Chinese Gongan works.

並列關鍵字

Shi Wu Guan ； Gongan ； Detective ； Judgments of court cases ； Karma ； Formation of riddles ； Unraveling of riddles