On the Novels and Christian Culture of “Three Musketeers of Tiexi”

Abstract

In the works of the “Three Musketeers of Tiexi”-Shuang Xuetao, Ban Yu, Zheng Zhi , there are many religious and cultural elements,these elements are not only metaphorical in nature, but also participate in the narrative, completing the logic of the plot and sublimating its thematic content. Faith and salvation are the main themes of Christian culture, but it is worth noting that religion is not a panacea in the writing of the “Three Musketeers of Tiexi”, nor is it always sacred and glorious. Through the absorption and application of Christian culture, they integrate religious culture into secular writing, using secular elements to form a religious imagination, offering the possibility of transcendence for people in secular difficulties, and re-examining the value of "existence" of "human beings". The “Three Musketeers of Tiexi” see the subjective will of the individual as the best weapon to resist nothingness, giving the characters trapped in the wilderness of life the spiritual power to transcend reality, implicitly calling for their lost values and shining with the light of humanitarianism.