A Study Of Qian Qianyi's Opera Criticism Theory

Qian Qianyi has made many contacts,throughout his life.He's good at collecting books and has many rare and ancient books.About his research results on his poetry,literature,collection of books,and has gotten success in his thought of Confucianism and taoism.However,the academic circle pays little attention to Qian Qianyi's opera criticism.If we can sort out the opera criticism thoughts about Qian Qianyi scattered in the papers and analyze them,and bring more supplements and reference to the existing opera criticism,it will be helpful to the development of the theory of opera criticism.If you want to study Qian Qianyi's opera criticism,you must understand his life experience and trajectory,clarify his relationship with drama,and organize his associations with other artists.A person's life experience determines the foundation of his thinking.However his background will affect his period of view on opera.Through his relationship with other artists,he can more subtly appreciate the infiltration of artists.The first chapter of the discussion will show this.However,the second chapter will show his opera criticism of Qian Qianyi's writings,and summarize his theoretical system of opera criticism.Through the points of view,there are many theories that the opera origin agree with “Meng You”;the opera creation theory affirms the influence of the situation on the opera artist's creation,advocates both elegance and vulgarity,and thinks that the opera should not only satisfy the appreciation of the literati,but also evoke the human let them like opera;in the other side of Qian Qianyi's criticism,he has paid attention to female dramatists and young opera performer.To compared Qian Qianyi's opera criticism and poetic thoughts in a comparative perspective,we will find the “talent”,“world movement” and “learning” of his poetic thoughts were inherited in opera criticism,and distinguished the difference between them.The last chapter summarizes the value of Qian Qianyi's opera criticism.The significance of Qian Qianyi's criticism of Qian Qianyi's opera as a whole and the value of historical materials in opera are discussed.