元散曲对元杂剧的桥梁作用

How the San Qu (Non-dramatic Songs) Plays the Role of Bridge to Za Ju (the Yuan Play)

该文探讨元散曲与元杂剧的关系。作者认为 ,元杂剧作家普遍地位低下 ,以汉族作家为主 ;而元散曲作家贵贱兼有、汉族作家与少数民族作家并存。元散曲因与元杂剧拥有共同的套曲、部分共同的作者和演员 ,成为雅、俗文学、汉族与少数民族文学之间的桥梁 ,使元杂剧这一原本在民间流行的通俗文学样式得以进入元代的主流文学 。

This article inquires into the relations between San Qu (Non dramatic Songs) of the Yuan Dynasty and Za Ju (the Yuan Play). The author holds that the writers of Za Ju were generally in very low social status, and chiefly belonged to the Han nationality, but the writers of San Qu were people from both high and low social status, and belonged to the Han nationality as well as minority nationalities. San Qu had become a bridge between the refined and popular literatures and between the literature of the Han nationality and that of minority nationalities, for San Qu and Za Ju shared common Tao Qu (a cycle of songs in the traditional opera) and some common authors and actors. San Qu helped Za Ju , a popular literary form originally prevalent among the common people, to enter the main stream of literature, and enabled the latter to flourish.