The History Of Drama Commentary In The Qing Dynasty

Commentary is one of the main criticism style of chinese ancient drama.The article mainly studies commentary history of Qing Dynasty,commenter, commentary form and commentary theory are research three perspectives.The commentary history of Qing Dynasty can be divided into three periods,the main contents are as follows:In the early stage of Qing Dynasty,Shunzhi Kangxi Yongzheng have more than one hundred and twenty kinds of drama commentary.The Ming Dynasty’s commenter includes bookseller,literati,composer,and literati are only type in this period,there are four phenomenons worthy of attention on the basis of literati’s drama commentary.In the Ming Dynasty,drama commentary’s form is simple and brief,the Qing Dynasty drama commentary’s formal characteristic become intensively and systematically.Rivise text,diffuse text,guide performance,summarizes theoretical thoughts constitute system of cmmentary’s function.Conmmenter focus on surprised plot and technique of plot setting.drama commentary include rich ideas,such as directing thought,audience consciousness,script of performing.XixiangjiYanju HuanhunjiDingben and Changshengdian contains abundant thoughts of acting.Commenter put ancient drama as prose,they consider that drama commentary contains prose’ structure method.The middle period of Qing Dynasty includes three periods of Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang,more than one hundred and fifty commentary scripts are produced.Commenter and playwright have intimate relationship,commentary form is intensive,but systematical form disappears gradually.Meanwhile,some comment words is very element.In the opinion of comment, drama structure concepts have great changes,they are equivalent to laws of ancient prose structure,some of comment words can be exemplified,such as DidiGuiyuan ShouweiTuanjin Qinti DouchuXiazhe.In this period, some advice on performance transformes into stage cultural gradually, they have no value in performing.Explain the theme is an important task for drama commentary,there have great changes for drama thought.The late period of Qing Dynasty includs four periods of Xianfeng, Tongzhi,Guangxu and Xuantong,this period have more than sixty commentary scripts. From year of Xianfeng to Guanxu twenty years,drama commentary continue former characteristic.There have great changes Between Guanxu twenty-one years to Xianfeng three years,some commenter are politicians,comment forms are very simple.Commenter propaganda ideology of saving nation and feminist revitalization. Commenter focus ondrama style’s change, commentary shows the evolution of structure, roles and spoken parts.