| dc.description.abstract | The gambling is an important folk entertainment in Chinese history and culture. In Yuanqu, there are rich writings in the gambling games. As written in simpler words, the Yuanqu is easier to understand than other literatures. Yuanqu can thus reshape the appearance of the gambling games in the Yuan Dynasty. Based on the texts of Sanqu, Yuan zaju and Nanxi, this thesis investigates the entertainment life, the social intercourse and classes of Yuan’s people as well as the viewpoint of values and the influence of this subject on literature.
The variety of the gambling games in Yuanqu shows a variety of ethnic groups being merged in the Yuan Dynasty. From the texts in Yuanqu, we can often see the scenes of the games, the leisure activities and market transactions. The gambling games are also the highlight of Yuan people′s festival parties and banquets, covering various social communication activities. The games reflect the glory of the economic development at that time and the flourishing gambling even prohibited the ban execution. Besides, the writing of gambling in Yuanqu also shows the differentiation of various social classes and the identity gap between the rich and the poor. From the types and spaces of women’s plays, she may be regarded as a wealthy family woman or as a prostitute. The gender perspective of the male and female in the Yuan Dynasty can also be presented. The Han people likes the puzzle gambling. The other foreign peoples promote the competitive gambling games, the gambling attitudes and motivations, and show the cultural orientations of different ethnic groups. Such subjects not only increase the performance of the Yuanqu but also provides suspense and climax plots. In thought, the gambling embodies the values viewpoint of the seclusion life of timely having fun. In literature, the form of Yuanqu is easier to show the situation change of the gambling than the previous genre; on the contrary, such subjects increase the performance of Yuanqu and provide suspense and climax of the story. | en_US |