The Research On Shandong Drama Of Yuan Dynasty

According to the different areas where different writers lived, we can divide these writers into different groups, for example Da Du-writer-groups, Hang Zhou-writer-groups, Shan Dong-writer-groups and so on. The purpose of this article is to make an area-study on Yuan drama, and the chosen area is Shandong. This article can be divided into four parts.In the first part, according the records of Recording Ghost, Supplement for Recording Ghost and Tai He Zheng Yin Pu, the were 12 drama writers in Shandong in Yuan, and they left more than 80 dramas. This article researched the birthplaces of them, and listed them in different areas, including Dongping Lu, Jinan Lu, Yidu Lu, Panyang Lu and Caozhou Lu.In the second part, According to The history of Yuan dynasty, and Shandong Tongzhi, I investigated the economic condition and political condition, and analyzed the reasons for the bloom of Shandong dramas in Yuan, that is long history of drama, lots of creators, evangelists and consumers and the conductors'support.In the third part, the Shan Dong drama in Yuan had various kinds of themes, which were Shuihu drama, love drama, historical drama, ethics drama and myth drama, and these themes showed the boom of Shandong dramas in Yuan. Different characters were shaped in different themes, in which the writers'opinions about the society's culture were contained. The popularity of he Shuihu dramas had a close relationship with chivalric culture of Shandong; love dramas praised true love and freedom of marriage; historical dramas expressed writers'thinking about history and life; ethics dramas expressed writers'thinking about traditional Chinese culture including consanguinity and the inheritance of family property; myth dramas expressed writers'criticism to the absurd society and hope of the happy life in the heaven.In the fourth part, Shandong dramas in Yuan were combined with the culture of Shandong area. Particular geography environment and human environment, including Confucianism and Taoist culture had large influence on Shandong dramas in Yuan dynasty.