Study On The Editions Of YuanZaju

In recent decades, in reflection Yuanquxuan as the basis of research for Yuan Northem Drama, academic circles pay more and more attention to the version of the drama of the Yuan Dynasty. Such The Cambridge History of Chinese literature as an example, it have not referred to Yuan Northem Drama in the literature of the Yuan Dynasty, because they think that YuankanZajuSanshizhong(Thirty Plays Printed in the Yuan Dynasty) is the only existing Yuan Northern Drama text in Yuan Dynasty. Others are printed in Ming Dynasty,which already lost the original appearance of Yuan Northern Drama, cannot be be studied asreflects of the Yuan Dynasty social life and cannot represent the achievements of Yuan Northern Drama. And YuankanZajuSanshizhong is not complete, and the product is perishing, even even wrightters are not completely affirmatory, so there is no determine texts available to study of Yuan Northern Drama, and therefore they do not recognize the existence of drama in the Yuan Dynasty. In this paper, the problem of the systematic is recarded.The first chapter is a general introduction of Yuan Northern Drama records and theremained, there are 469 Yuan Northem Dramas in the book of Luguibu, and more reliable Yuan zaju orders about 600 in Taihezhengyinpu. From the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, the total number of surviving Yuan Northern Drama from 600 dropped to 170, plunged more than 400 kinds. From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, total number of surviving Yuan Northem Dramas is from the 170 reduced to 150, only less than thirty kinds of Yuan Northem Dramas lost,MaiWangguan play an importent role in saving Yuan Northem Dramas.The second chapter analyzes the characteristics of YuankanZajuSanshizhong. Thirty kinds dramas are publicated in Hangzhou or other areas,and they are not theaters;in the art system, although not yet fully mature, it laid the basic the text of the art form of Yuan opera troupe; they are not from books, nor the company commissioned booksellers publication, but the form of low-level bookshops for profit distribution desk books; version value is that it is a special edition of workshop with the stage characteristics of opera troupe, which is a valuable material for us to research the dramas in the yuan dynasty.The third chapter explores Maiwangguan’s copying dramas version system, this deposit, the Mai Wang Museum copy of school ancient drama directory" received a total of 99 Kinds of Yuan Northem Drama, including Neiwufu Drama, Yuxiaogu Drama and Source unkown Drama.Zhenru Di master is Wang Hualong,whom Zhao Qimei copies Yuan Northem Drama from; Neiwufu Drama has a unified form style after a careful processing, the original appearance has changed, but it belongs to the stage, performing features of Yuan drama is keeping. Zhao Qimei copying from Yuxiaogu edition contains a complex version of the system:a version of the system in the early Ming, the mid Ming Dynasty folk drama system and Neiwufu Drama version; Zhao Qimei coping Source unknown is same to Yuxiaogu drama.Chapter four research folk drama in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, which lists in"Shengshixinsheng""Cilinzhaiyan""Yongxiyuefu" and "Cixue". Shengshixinsheng has a reference to Cixue, but there is no reference from Yong xiyuefu. they all belong to the mid Ming Yuan zaju nanqusatao cappella version. It is a true reflection of the performance drama in Ming dynasty, which is different from other Yuan Northem Drama versions.The fifth chapter discusses the Literary Anthology selected editon before Yuanqu Xuan. Likaixian’s Gaiding Yuanxian Chuanqi is the first edition pubilished in Jiajing. It basically maintains the Yuan Northem Drama’s original appearance at the early Ming Dynasty, very small changes happen t; Gumingjia Drama is pubished in Wanli period. Gumingjia Drama is the first Literary Anthology selected editon pubished for market,which includes 60 kinds of Yuan Northem Drama. Maiwangguan Drama mistaked 13 kinds of Yuan Northem Drama to Gumingjia Drama, which has a close relationship with Yuxiaogu Drama. After Gumingjia Drama, the emergence of a number of workshops have been engraved.The sixth chapter focuses on the Yuanqu Xuan. Yuanqu Xuan is closer toYuankanZajuSanshizhong in many respects, such as Quwen,Binbai and roles than Neiwufu Drama. It still retains the talking and singing literature language, so that we can peep the ancient appearance at the early Yuan Dynasty. Zang Maoxun rewrites the dramas at more respcts in form rather than content.The seventh chapter focuses on Gujin Mingju Hexuan. It is the last edition of Yuan Northem Drama. There are a series of comments implied by Meng Chengshun. Meng Chengshun has not collated all the dramas, he also does not correct dramas by Yuanqu Xuan, nearly a third of Gujin Mingju Hexuan do not change, they are directly copied from Yuanqu Xuan. YuankanZajuSanshizhong founds text basic art system of Yuan Northem Drama, Neiwufu Drama retains the stage performance that Literary Anthology selected editon losts, but some Literary Anthology selected editon dramas have a better content preservation of Yuan Northem Drama, but lost the stage performance character. For academic research, we can not completely rely on one edition, but should pay attention to edition distinguish. We also can not refute Yuan Northem Drama as representative of a generation of literature because there is no excellent edition. When do a academic research, we should make a concrete analysis of concrete problems, in order to ensure we have come to the conclusion is more objective and practical.