《西游记》杂剧作者应归吴昌龄

Wu Changling:the Right Author of the Drama A Journey to the West

元曲《西游记》杂剧之作者,或以为山西吴昌龄之作,或以为蒙古族杨景贤之作。系统清理了各家记载,依据山西地区新发现碑刻及文献,并对比了吴昌龄与杨景贤所处的社会文化条件,对比了吴昌龄与杨景贤杂剧之优劣体现出的艺术才能,从而认为,《西游记》杂剧作者应归吴昌龄。

The author of the Yuan Drama A Journey to the West is still in dispute in the academic circle. Some critics think that the author should be Wu Changling in Shanxi Province, while others believe that the author should be Yang Jingxian in Inner Mongolia. Based on various authoritative records and the newly-found inscriptions and documents in Shanxi Province, this paper compares the artistic talents, and social and cultural conditions of the two authors, drawing a conclusion that the author of A Journey to the West should be Wu.