湖南唱本彭玉麟私訪傳說探究

An Investigation into the Librettos from Hunan: The Tale of Peng Yu-lin's Incognito Travel

彭玉麟（1816-1890）是晚清一位戰功彪炳的湘軍統帥，其治軍、整吏極嚴，深受朝廷倚重。喜微服私訪民間，鋤強抑暴為民帄冤，故聲名遠播，事蹟在當時被編為唱本廣為流傳。本文探查的是其至今已近失傳的湖南所刊私訪唱本，不但探討了內容情節，也分析了彭玉麟在唱本中的形象，發現其內容頗能反映晚清特殊政治及社會境況，而其形象雖多為負面，但此類負面形象與事實應有差距，本文並嘗試探討其原因，冀能進一步瞭解唱本內涵之形成特質，以供相關研究者參考。

Peng Yu-lin(彭玉麟) (1816-1890) was a meritorious marshal of Hunan army (湘軍)in the late Qing dynasty. He ran the troops strictly and the emperor relied heavily on him. In Fact, he was famous for loving to travel Incognito and often rooting out the strong and giving people peace. The good deeds had even been adopted into librettos and became very popular. This research explored and examined those nearly lost librettos not only by its content, but also the images of Peng Yu-lin. The results can reflect the very unique of political and social conditions in the late Qing dynasty. However, the images of Peng Yu-lin were mostly negative and quite different from the truth. Therefore, the investigation attempts to uncover the virtue form of these librettos in order to provide some results and references for future study.