论《宝剑记》之艺术创新

On the Artistic Innovation of A Tale of the Double-edged Sword

明代中期问世的《宝剑记》相对当时文坛,特别是戏剧创作而言,是一部具有大胆艺术创新的报春之作。它是我国戏曲文学史上第一部取自《水浒》题材的作品;它通过对原有题材的加工、改造,赋予林冲形象以新的思想内涵,并以浓墨重彩塑造了其妻张贞娘深明大义、忍辱负重、忠孝两尽的全新形象;奠定了明清忠奸斗争剧的基本模式,揭开了中国古代戏曲文学史上新的一页。

A Tale of the Double - edged Sword, published in the mid of the Ming Dynasty, was the first writing of its kind in artistie innovation of the literary field, partieularly the drama writing. It was the first work used the materials from All Men Are Brothers in Chinese traditional opera. It endowed Lin Chong with new connotation by a chpting and reforming the old materials and depicted in great details Mother Zhang Zhen, Lin Chong＇s wife, a new image of being clear on matters of principles, enduring humiliation in order to carry out important missions, loyalty and filial piety. It established a basic paradigm of the drama of showing the struggle between loyal offieials and treacherous ones and opened a new chapter in the history of Chinese traditional opera literature.