选择的自觉与操作的困惑－古代小说宗教文化研究的几个难点和误区

在对中国古代小说进行宗教化研究的过程中，存在着小说宗教内涵本身的混杂与研究中指向单一的矛盾；宗教化自身阶段性与连续性的统一与小说研究中共时与历时的分裂之间的矛盾；宗教化的博大精深与小说研究中妄下断语之间的矛盾。只有解决好这几个难点，才不至于进入误区。

Consciousness of Choice and Puzzlement over Operation--Some Difficult Points and Misled Areas in Researches into Religious Cultures in Ancient Novels

In the course of studying religious cultures in ancient Chinese novels, there exist various contradictions: such as the one between the mixing up of religious connotations in novels themselves and unidirectionality of researches; the one between the unity of phase-division and the continuity of religious cutures in themselves and the separation of synchronization and diacronization from each other in studies on novel; ac the one between the extensive, profound knowledge of religious cultures and irresponsible conclusions jumped to in studies on novel, etc.. Only by finding a proper way to overcome the above-mentioned difficult points, will it be possible to avoid getting researches into misled areas.