英文摘要 |
The previous studies of Chinese novel, folk literature and drama, mostly regarded Jinwan Ji (The Golden Pellet) and Bao Zhuanghe (Carrying the Filigree Box) as the origins of the story of Limao huan Taizi (Civet cats for Prince Edward). These studies only listed the titles of the two shows from the anthologies of Ming-Qing drama without profound analyses and close reading. The current literature has not done enough research on the above zhezi xi (highlight excerpts of traditional Chinese drama). This article centers on The Golden Pellet from the anthology of Ming drama from the perspective of historical contexts when the drama was created as a type of xin nanxi (new Southern drama) and when Bao Zhuanghe was composed in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. My article analyzes the relationship between the events of the royal house and the circulation of drama, the changing qualities of writing the drama in different genres by different writers. Next, the article explores to observe the circulation and evolution of various zhezi xi over time and thus examines how Jinwan Ji in the Ming was influenced by Bao Zhuanghe in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Based on the writing of Bao Zhuanghe in the anthology of Ming drama, zhezi xi could be understood as a presentation of highly refined zajü (variety show of traditional Chinese drama) and xin nanxi in theaters and a reorganization of taoshu (a series of titled tunes). In comparison with different genres of drama, we found that the zhezi xi of Bao Zhuanghe made the circulated edition of Jinwan Ji return the structure of Bao Zhuanghe by deleting the overture and summing up and highlighting the cream of plots by means of focusing on “Panhe” and “Kaokou” about Chen Lin. |