A Study Of Gongan Drama In Yuan Dynasty

Gongan drama, is a sort of works that regard judicial case as indispensable part of the plot .Among yuanzhaju drama, the " case" is just the object of the description, not the theme to be expressed. Therefore, Gongan drama includes all those have gongan factors in the thesis.Gongan drama in Yuan dynasty is the first peak in the development of gongan literature. The second part of thesis intends to describe the instinct characteristic of gongan drama, not only describe the track of the development of gongan literature, but also try to explore the reason of its variety.Gongan drama can also be regarded as law culture among common people in contrast to systematic one of authorities. The third part tries to point out the patterns of qingguan and analyze its symbolic and judicial function, detecting the law emotion of the folks and its law consciousness.Through a concrete individual case( << butterfly dream > ), the forth part is arranged to analyze the meaning of law by seeing through vengeance and justice, law and moral, according to law and according to moral.