历史故事时，为了吸引观众，引起共鸣，常常掺入了民众自身的现实感受和生活体验，因而历史故事中主人公的言行、情感常类同于市井民众，生平遭际也与常人无异。说唱文学借历史人物或历史事件之躯壳，反映民众自身的思想情感及所处社会现实，因此，说唱文学是一面映照民众心态的镜子。古代说唱文学材料大多湮灭于历史的尘埃，所幸的是，一部分讲史小说仍保留了它的踪迹。因此，发掘、考辨讲史小说所包含的广阔的、活生生的社会生活材料；体味、品析当时普通民众的情趣意味，应是一项必要而且很有意义的研究工作。
注释：
1本文所论讲史小说，泛指中国古代搬演史事，或“演一代史事”或“以一人一家事为主”(孙楷第)的历史小说。
2《隋史遗文》第13、14回写秦叔宝发配至幽州，恰幽州总管罗艺妻是秦叔宝姑母，姑侄得以相认，这可能就是《秦叔宝见姑娘》的情节内容。但据《新唐书·罗艺传》，罗艺妻为孟氏，与秦叔宝并无姑侄之亲，《秦叔宝见姑娘》显系评话虚构。
3《大唐秦王词话》题“澹圃主人(即诸圣邻)编次”，约刊于明万历间。卷首有“重订唐秦王词话”字样；陆世科序称诸氏“挥霍遗编，汇成巨丽”：可见此书前有更早的原本。全书以韵文提纲挈领、铺叙场面，以散文叙述故事，未脱说唱文学形式。词话盛行于元代至明前期，《大唐秦王词话》原本可能产生于这一时期。孙楷第先生认为原本是罗贯中所作，证据似不足。
4《旧唐书》卷68和《新唐书》卷89对秦叔宝早年经历概无涉及，秦叔宝成名史显系说唱文学虚构。
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〖1〗孙楷第.日本东京所见小说书目〖M〗.北京：人民出版社，1981.184－185
〖2〗程毅中.宋元话本〖M〗.北京：中华书局，1980.5
〖3〗鲁迅.中国小说史略〖M〗.北京：东方出版社，1996.
The History of Sui Dynasty, the Art of Orating
in the Later Period of Ming Dynasty and the Psychology of Ordinary People
Abstract: “The History of Sui Dynasty was created by the art of orating in the later period of Ming Dynasty, possibly based on the orating writing The Biography of Qin Shu－bao, played by Liu Jing－ting. It discribed the feature of the psychology of ordinary people: the course of success of Qin Shu－bao was long and hard ,showing the value of life of ordinary people which was charactered by paying attention to benefit and honour; Qin Shu－bao often gave a hand to others and had deep friendship with Shan Xiong－xing and Cheng Yao－jin,showing the outline of ethics of ordinary people.
Key words:The History of Sui Dynasty;the Art of Orating in the Later Period of Ming Dynasty;the psychology of ordinary people.
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