The Study Of Historical Materials Of Opera In The Sanqu Of Qing Dynasty

As one of the forms of Chinese classical drama theory and criticism,singing plays and songs can reflect the drama view and sanqu view of opera writers.In this paper,the author takes the Sanqu of Qing Dynastyas the object of study to arranges and analyses the historical data in it,that to find the theoretical value and the historical value of Sanqu.This paper is divided into four chapters.The first chapter is the study of sing drama writers.The author arranges and counts the native place?birth year and imperial examination of writers.Through all these information we can know the movement of writers and the changing of social thought.The second chapter is the study of artists.Firstof all,it discusses the beautiful points of artists.Secondly,it analyzes the activities of the artists.Including performances?distribution and rewards.Finally,it studies the situation of artists.The third chapter is the study of drama lists.The author arranges and counts the drama lists about script in the book.And then is focus on the study of The Romance of West Chamber.Analyzing all plots and characters of The Romance of West Chamber in sanqu to embody the artistic feature of it in Qing Dynasty.The last chapter is the study of Pan Opera form.It can be divided into the types of pan-drama forms and the research on the performance places of pan-drama forms.