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Abstract The tropism of value about the novel The dream of the red chamber and A madman's diary,which were produced in different cultural texts,formed respectively the early tradition and later tradition of Chinese saga novel in the 20~(th) century.The primary respect of the two works' thoughts is against feudalism.The former is based on the feudal production,and exposed the essence of the feudal culture,the latter focused on the feudal ideology,and exposed the essence of the feudal spiritual culture.But both of their targets of anti-feudalism are "the liberty of people".The pursuit of The dream of the red chamber is the liberty of people's social status and life style,especially are young women.The pursuit of A madman's diary is the liberty of personal spirit,especially children.Both novels exposed the rebellion strength inside the family and contradiction among family.In The dream of the red chamber,the resisting strength break away from the family,and it showed the mutineer's anti-feudalism in the process;but in A madman's diary,the resisting strength was bound up with its family,and it showed that the mutineer's anti-feudalism was complicated.
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Received: 25 June 2005
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