Secularity and Human Relations— Study on the Utopian Imagery in The Love Story of a Young Monk

Having suffered from the spiritual trauma caused by the Cultural Revolution, Wang Zengqi reshaped the ideal society and national character through novels such as The Love Story of a Young Monk, which helped to solve the problem of spiritual distress for the folks. Continuing the romantic narrative tradition of Chinese classical literature, The Love Story of a Young Monk shows human emotions and materials in ordinary life. The common people who live in Anzhao Village hold simple moral values, shaping stable and harmonious human relations, which forms a negation and criticism survival that conforms to human nature and roots in secular life. This article attempts to study the romantic imagery in Wang Zengqi’s The Love Story of a Young Monk and finds that Wang Zengqi describes his utopian imagery from both secular and ethical perspectives, hoping to use this imagery to solve people’s current state of disappointment.