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Chapter One Literature Review  

Chen Ai Luo Ding, literally translated as The Dust Settles, is the Tibetan writer A Lai¡¯s great  work.  The  book  wins  the  Fifth  Mao  Dun  Prize  for  its  poetic  language  and  profound Tibetan  culture.  As  the  first  Tibetan  to  obtain  such  honor,  A  Lai  has  a  perfect  command  of both  Chinese  language  and  Tibetan  culture,  for  he  grew  up  in  an  environment  mixed  with Chinese  and  Tibetan  culture.  The  book  tells  a  fascinating  story  of  the  last  chieftain¡¯s  family over  a  period  of  social  disturbance  and  historical  change.  With  the  poetical  language,  the author  presents  a  colorful  Tibetan  life  and  mysterious  ethnical  culture.  Intelligence  and ignorance,  conflicts  and  evolution,  love  and  hatred,  all  have  been  woven  into  the  historical background of development and change. The profound understanding of life is thus presented between the lines.   

1.1 Studies on Chen Ai Luo Ding 
Studies  on  the  original  Chinese  text  Chen  Ai  Luo  Ding  have  gained  much  attention  in China. A large number of studies on this minority literature masterpiece have been carried out from  various  points  of  view,  such  as  comparative  literature,  the  literary  and  artistic  creation form, rhetoric arts, the narrative form, Tibetan folk culture, the text structure, and the Tibetan identity.  The  most  popular  angle  is  from  comparative  literary  variation.  In  Pan  Yingying¡¯s ¡°Settled  and  The  Sound  and  the  Fury  under  the  Perspective  of  Comparative  Literary Variation¡±, she adopts the perspective of comparative literary variation as well as the general literature  theory  of  inter-civilization  as  her  theoretical  base.  She  recognizes  the  fact  that  A Lai¡¯s work is influenced by William Faulkner¡¯s The Sound and the Fury, but she gives more attention to the unique characters of A Lai¡¯s book. She comes to the conclusion that A Lai¡¯s literature mainly comes from his own experiences of life and culture. What¡¯s more, the paper calls  for  the  interactions  of  Chinese  and  Western  civilizations.  Some  scholars  also  focus  on the book¡¯s language aesthetic. In Zhangchi¡¯s ¡°A Rhetorical Study of Language Aesthetic in A Lai¡¯s Novel Dust Settled¡±, based on the detailed study on the phonology characteristic, word selection, rhetorical usage, and sentence arrangement, he explores the language aesthetic, and thus provides a new perspective for looking into A Lai¡¯s literature creation. Since the impacts of Buddhism and Bon±¾ÂÛÎÄÓÉÓ¢ÓïÂÛÎÄÍøÌṩÕûÀí£¬ÌṩÂÛÎÄ´úд£¬Ó¢ÓïÂÛÎÄ´úд£¬´úдÂÛÎÄ£¬´úдӢÓïÂÛÎÄ£¬´úдÁôѧÉúÂÛÎÄ£¬´úдӢÎÄÂÛÎÄ£¬ÁôѧÉúÂÛÎÄ´úдÏà¹ØºËÐĹؼü´ÊËÑË÷¡£