论明清时事剧的发生

On the Emergence of Play of Current Affairs in Ming and Qing Dynasty

时事剧,是指剧坛上直接反映当代政治斗争的作品。明清之际,时事剧盛极一时,这跟明清社会多方面因素有关。明朝的黑暗政治及对正直朝臣的血腥政治大清洗,催生了时事剧这种专写现实忠魂的戏剧形式;明清实学思潮和求实文学观念加速了时事剧的成熟与繁荣;明清时期时事剧蔚为大观,还与民众的心理和精神需求分不开。

Play of current affairs refers to the works which reflects contemporary politics directly. In Ming and Qing Dynasty it is very popular, which can attribute to many social factors. The dark administration in Ming Dynasty and the bloody purging of integrated officials gives rise to the emergence of this kind of play which focuses on the faithful souls of the officials; the realistic trend of thought and literary concept during Ming and Qing Dynasty speed up the maturity and prosperity of it; the psychological and spiritual demand of the public is also one reason for its emergence.