On The Gifted Scholar And Accomplished Lady Opera

The traditional opera of the gifted scholars and accomplished lady is one of the most important parts in the Chinese traditional opera. It is not the story of hero and beauty, emperor and princess, but that of the talented man and fair woman in the traditional opera. In this kind of the traditional opera, usually, the gifted scholar is distinguished and comely, and the accomplished lady is beautiful and capable. The stories of the gifted scholar and accomplished lady have been written in the Tang tales. Until Yuan dynasty, the traditional opera of the gifted scholars and accomplished lady has been taking shape, forming the pattern of the typical story, for instance, "meet on occasion, affection of the engagement, meet with obstruction and reunion". In the era of the Ming and Qing, the traditional opera of the gifted scholars and accomplished lady not only up to the summit on its desk creation ,but also make the live play very flourishing. Comparing with the prior period, now, in the form and content, the traditional opera of the gifted scholars and accomplished lady has new features. Namely, it was more exquisite in form and more abundant in content. Some productions expressed "for the emotion", some standed for the war and politics, reflecting the melt of emotion and reason, some conveyed the return of the traditional pedantic morality notion, others overdone in correcting unreasonable concept of value. They were closely related to the development of the complicated society of Ming and Qing period.In the traditional opera of the gifted scholars and accomplished lady, either from the subjective disposition or from the objective condition, the splendor of the accomplished lady is more dazzling than the gifted scholar, which makes the opera present the figure of "the capable woman" in the structure of the man and woman. Of course, some works are not the same. In the traditional opera of the gifted scholars and , accomplished lady, this kind of structure of sex conceal the scholars' complex to the accomplished lady, and imply the society concept of the value servicing man. Scholar, especially frustrated scholar, care for the accomplished lady in their works because there is spirit echo between scholar and lady. From the concept of the marriage and that of the fame, in the structure of sex, "the capable woman" is just on the surface.The whole traditional opera of the gifted scholars and accomplished lady present a kind of mild style, which comes from the abundant and unique society culture. Simultaneously, it promote the forming of the society tide. Mild is the major style of traditional opera of the gifted scholars and accomplished lady. Due to the differences ofthe era and writers, this sort of style present differences between the "tender" and "elegant". They melt together, adding to the charm of the traditional opera of the gifted scholars and accomplished lady.