在古代文学研究中,恐怕思想文化研究是应用最早、最广泛的研究方法,同时也是引起争议最多的。曾几何时,文化研究乃是古代文学研究的热点。就古代小说研究而言,儒学与古代小说的关系可以说是古典小说研究中起步最早的,从小说产生之日起,小说家和小说评点家就竭力 In the study of ancient literature, I am afraid that ideological and cultural research is the earliest and most widely used research method, and it is also the most controversial one. Once upon a time, cultural studies are the hot spots of ancient literature. As far as the study of ancient novels is concerned, the relationship between Confucianism and ancient novels can be said to have been the earliest studied in classical novels. Since the creation of novels, novelists and novel critics have tried their best