ON "THE HAPPY ENDING" IN"LAMP AT THE CROSSROADS"

There exists universally a happy ending in opera novels after Song Dynasty.As to this,people generally hold a negative attitude.Likewise,the happy ending in Lamp at the Crossroads is negated by a majority of critics.However,considering Li Lv-yuan's literary view,his goal of writing,his life and experiences and the logic in his writing,such an ending should be what he intended to create and is therefore natural and rational.