中国的文学一直都偏向于对作品的思想价值的评定而不是注重艺术创造的欣赏,所以中国古代大部分小说的核心主题都有思想教化的作用,希望作品能够起到净化人类心灵、劝善惩恶和达到宣传封建主流伦理道德思想的目的,而因果报应的宗教思想成为其实现这一目的的有效手段。 Chinese literature has always been biased toward the evaluation of the ideological value of works rather than the appreciation of artistic creation. Therefore, the core themes of most ancient Chinese novels have the function of ideological enlightenment. They hope that works can purify human souls and persuade good and punish Evil and to achieve the purpose of propagating the mainstream feudal ethics and morality, and the religious thought of karma should be an effective means to achieve this goal.