An Examination of Song and Yuan Opera was written by Wang Guowei, a master of Chinese studies, in 19 12. 19 15, which was renamed the History of Song and Yuan Dynasties when the Commercial Press first published it. This is China's earliest work on the history of traditional Chinese opera.
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The book consists of 16 chapters, discussing the formation process, origin and literature of China's traditional operas, and focusing on the Song and Yuan Dynasties and the monographs on tunes. It is rich in materials and cautious, and has been used by research circles for a long time. The study of Wang Guowei's traditional operas began in 1908 and was written in 19 12, which is a textual research on the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Wang Guowei first comprehensively investigated and analyzed the materials realistically.
The method of combining textual research and evolution is adopted. In order to do a good job in the study of the history of traditional Chinese opera, he started with 1908, based on Li Dou's Yangzhou Fanghualu, Quhai and Qukao in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, and the original two books, and wrote Qulu, with only 108 1 species of zaju legends.
On this basis, he collected the materials of traditional Chinese opera from different aspects, and successively wrote works such as Textual Research on the Origin of Traditional Chinese Opera, Textual Research on Daqu in Tang and Song Dynasties, Good Sentences, Notes on Recording Songs, Table on the Origin of Qupai, and Textual Research on the Function of Ancient Chinese Opera in China. , and made a serious textual research on the emergence, definition, development, role and screenwriter of traditional Chinese opera. Finally, it was written as an epoch-making classical literature research work "Textual Research on Song and Yuan Dramas".
All the materials have been collected; What it explains is also Yu Yu's achievements to a great extent. Since the beginning of the world, this scholar has made great contributions to this book. It is not that our talent is too strong for the ancients, so the ancients never learned anything about it. Write down the date, write down its origin, correct and supplement, and then the cloud comes. Preface to the kingdom of Haining.