Research on Early Chinese Concept of Drama

Author: Hu Mingwei
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Chen Yinque, in the preface to Records of the from Dunhuang, said: "The scholarship of one era must have its new materials and new problems. Using these materials to study these problems constitutes the new trend of scholarship for that era. Scholars who participate in this trend are called 'pre-streamers,' while those who do not are called 'non-streamers.' This is a universal principle in the history of scholarship throughout the ages, which cannot be understood by those who close their doors and create things out of thin air." Valuable literary research requires the use of new materials to solve new problems, thereby arriving at new perspectives.     Since Wang Guowei wrote A Study of Song and Yuan Drama, the study of Chinese theater history has become a popular field, with an endless stream of publications. However, there are still academic gaps in the field of Chinese theater history that deserve in-depth research. This book examines the evolution of early Chinese theatrical forms and theatrical concepts from the perspective of the historical development of dramatic forms and theatrical ideas. It explores the relationship between theatrical concepts and dramatic forms, as well as the connections between theatrical concepts and other artistic concepts. The book is divided into four parts, including: The Emergence of Drama and the Germination of Theatrical Concepts, The Transformation of Dramatic Forms and Theatrical Concepts in the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, The Transformation of Dramatic Forms and Theatrical Concepts in the Liao and Jin Dynasties, and the Characteristics of the Evolution of Dramatic Forms and Theatrical Concepts Before the Yuan Dynasty.