On The Peach Blossom Fan Annotation Of Liang Qichao

In order to revitalize the "national spirit",Liang Qichao,as a famous politician and ideologist in the modern history of China,took the lead in putting up the nationalist banner of "Peach Blossom Fan",and completed the annotation of Peach Blossom Fan in August 1925.From the perspective of the creation and theoretical research of historical plays,the annotation of classical Chinese operas,and the exploration of the law of historical development,Liang Qichao’s annotations to the Peach Blossom Fan are of great academic value.However,it is a pity that since the completion of Liang Qichao’s annotations,the academic circle lacks of comprehensive and in-depth research and attention.Therefore,by combining previous experience and research results with the social background of the late Qing dynasty and the early republic of China,this paper will make an objective evaluation of Liang Qichao’s Peach Blossom Fan annotations,and discuss the creation reasons of Liang Qichao’s choice of Peach Blossom Fan as his first drama annotating work,as well as the artistic characteristics and literary value of this annotation.The paper will include the following parts:Chapter 1: the study of the external motivation of Liang Qichao’s annotation on the Peach Blossom Fan.By the comprehensive comparison of the story background of the Peach Blossom Fan with the political environment in the late Qing dynasty and the early republic of China,it can be found that Liang Qichao chose the Peach Blossom Fan as his first drama annotating work aimed at conveying his political and cultural ideas,which has its specific time factors.The political turmoil caused Liang’s deep emotional resonance to the dynastic change in the Peach Blossom Fan.The proposal of the "novel revolution" and the drama reform movement,as well as the praise of literary critics from contemporary on the Peach Blossom Fan,aroused Liang Qichao’s interest in the annotation of the script objectively.Chapter 2: the exploration of the internal motivation of Liang Qichao’s annotation on the Peach Blossom Fan.As an annotation combines western literary trends and history records,it is full of strong political flavor and realistic tendency.The reason why Liang Qichao became attached to the Peach Blossom Fan written by Kong Shangren is actually the similarity in thought and emotion between Liang and Kong,including the academic foundation dominated by Confucianism,the political consensus of the country astray caused by party dispute,the emotional belonging of the Han nationality,and the theoretical agreement in the field of drama.Chapter 3: the analysis of Liang Qichao’s conception of historical drama in the annotation to the Peach Blossom Fan.Through the comparison with the Peach Blossom Fan annotated by Yunting Shanren,it can be found that Liang’s annotations is based on historical facts both in the scope and in the content.This unique way of annotation can not only help readers to have a deeper understanding of the historical value of the Peach Blossom Fan,but also fully show Liang Qichao’s rigorous and prudent academic attitude and profound historical knowledge,so as to have a glimpse of Liang’s conception of historical drama.Chapter 4: the examination of Liang Qichao’s view of dramatic art in the annotation to the Peach Blossom Fan.As an advocate of modern Chinese drama reform movement,Liang is not only drew on the annotation mode of traditional literature,but also fully absorbed the creation style of western drama in his criticism of Peach Blossom Fan.He reconstructed the composition of Peach Blossom Fan and integrated his perception and pursuit of drama art into it.