《三国演义》的叙事有明线和暗线两套线索。明线即表层线索，是在叙事过程中自然展示的事件发展的逻辑线索；暗线则是在事件沿着表层线索推进的过程中，在特定时候以梦境、星象、灾异、谶谣、甚至卜筮、面相等方式预先布设，用以预示事件结局或人物命运走向的深层线索。《三国演义》通过诸多方式布设叙事暗线可以藉此传达“天命”和“天道”思想，向受众提前透露相关情节推进和人物命运方面的信息，满足受众的好奇心，以便留住受众，也可使小说形成严整的内外结构，形式更加完善。%Obvious clue and logical clue are both included in the narration of Romance of the Three Kingdoms . The obvious clue also called as surface clue and is the logical clue shown naturally in the course of narration . The logical clue is previously set up and buried in advance in events pro-cessing along surface clue via dreams , star images , disasters resulting from unusual phenomena , supersti-tious prediction even divination and physiognomy . In this situation , the clue is hidden from the ending of the stories and the direction of character's life can be predicated . Through many ways to set up the narrative logical clue , Romance of Three Kingdoms can express the thoughts of both the“Mandate of Heaven”and“Natural Law”. Meanwhile , it also can disclose on the relevant plots processing and infor-mation of character's fate to audiences in advance , so as to satisfy curiosity of audiences and retain the audiences . At the same time , the external and internal structure and the novel forms can be more inte-grated and perfected as well .
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