| dc.description.abstract | Commentary (pingdian) is one of the way of ancient Chinese literary criticism. Ever since Tang and Song dynasties, commentary applies to more than poetry, the text area. Along with the rise of the novel, drama and the comment criticized methods become more sophisticated, the Ming and Qing dynasties have a large number of the commentaries of novel and drama. Subscript of heresy thinker Li Zhi of the Ming dynasty, is among those who led the drama comment.
Li Zhi’’s the commentaries of novel and drama have very big influence, until the early Qing critics Jin Shengtan, Zhang Zhu Po, Mao Shengshan and his son, Mao Zonggang, who appeared only after its place, so the importance of which is worth exploring. In this study, an attempt to resolve several questions: First, Li Zhi with a thinker’’s identity, how to treat the popular culture, such as novel and drama? Secondly, does Li Zhi’’s drama commentary, whether don’’t criticize a way at the traditional verse and prose, point out drama characteristic? Finally, Li Zhi’s commentary of the availability of ＂critical consciousness＂? Or simply to explain the story text to describe it? And, the critics thought the point of view with the times, cultural mentality that they have anything to do with relevance?
This study discusses commentaries on the play: Xixiang ji, Yougui ji, Pipa ji (The Lute), Hongfu Ji, Yuhe ji are published by Rongyutang book shop in Hulin (Hangzhou), during the Wanli years of the late Ming. From personnel image shaped, arias, dialogues, and comic interludes and plots arrangements, to discuss the contents of commentary. Through analysis and research, get some conclusions: Li Zhi thinks that the novel, drama, poem and text are together outstanding literary, which regardless of the time before and after, so he opposes to ＂times＂ in terms of evaluation of the literary style.
Li Zhi’’s the values of drama commentary, he takes the ＂heart＂ as the nature of literary and artistic creation, and lays claim to＂emphasize nature＂, ＂sincerity is beautiful＂ etc. literature thought. His drama criticizes that the ability first step gropes for the drama distinguishing feature as ＂play＂, namely drama is a stage performance of art. He also advocates the concept of ＂qi＂ (marvelous), pay attention to new themes and characters surprisingly. ＂Marvelous＂ concept reflects not only the legendary aesthetic qualities of novel and drama, those are different from gentle and soft esthetics that the traditional poem doctrine, but also competing with gorgeous social trend during the mid-Ming.
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