On You Tong And His Drama Creation

You Tong is a distinguished dramatist in the beginning Qing Dynasty.Until now, thoroughgoing studies on his works have not been made in the academic circles.This paper will make full use of the researches done by the predecessors, contact his the 17th century background of the activities, especially ignorant of the life and the friends of the screen further, to make a systematic study and reading of his dramatic writings and to make a research into his creative theory of drama as well as the implications and the characteristics of his zaju and romance.The article has 4 chapters.The introduction looks back the history and status quo of studies on You.Chapter One deals with his life.You's life is divided into three periods: the early branch field frustrated; Middle-aged official career go home immediately dismissed from office; Old age to take the examinations of "Bo Xue Hong Ci "examination, writings caught at home.Most dismiss from office in the past 13 years, he was actively putting himself into the writing of dramas which had produced a great influence on the time.Chapter Two makes an exploration of his circle of friends and his thoughts. From start social status, You's friends divided into five parts. And outlines You's writings, his poetry, literature, lyrics, drama classified discussed. He created the drama respected body, sustenance to function, to express his real feelings, advocating new ideas change, at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty progressive.Chapter Three analyzes his writing of zaju palys.You Tong altogether has five zaju, may divide into from the content: the writers fate of topics and the female live the theme.They show You's ideological trend form different points of view.His artistic achievements in zaju plays are mainly made in the changing of the structure, the treatment of subjects, the portraying of dramatic images and language characteristics.The fourth chapter makes an analysis of You's romance writing, which mainly deals with his only romance masterpiece "Jun Tian Yue ".The major focus of the chapter is on digging up the fresh character prototype, the deep and profound ideological implications of the play and analyzing its rather artistic structure."Jun Tian Yue" to him also carries on the analysis with the "Jiang Nan Ke Chang An" in the Qing Dynasty of Shun Zhi period site document relations.The rest of the paper concludes that You has a very important position in the history of Chinese Classical Drama in the Qing Dynasty.