升仙团圆剧述论

On Union after Becoming Gods

在古代戏曲中,有一批敷演男女爱情故事、并以"升仙团圆"为结局的剧作。它们以神奇的爱情故事高扬了生命的珍贵与美丽,反映了封建社会青年男女对理想爱情的追求。其剧作的"升仙团圆"结局也是作家实现自我价值的心理需求。由于根基于作家的社会实践活动,负载着社会生活的壮阔场景,沟通着时代精神和时代情绪,因而具有深广的社会意蕴:封建礼教的束缚迫使作家产生自我安慰;社会的动荡不安使有识之士产生矛盾心态。

There are some lovely plays with union after being Gods , where the value and beauty of life is highly praised by magic love stories, which display vividly the pursue for ideal love in feudal society. As a matter of fact the happy ending of union after becoming Gods reflects the strong desire of self- realization of the writers. Therefore, based on their social activities of feudalism, with the background of their soeial life and at the same time conveying the spirits and mood of that time, the union will inevitably carry a deep meaning： for one thing, writers of that day have no choice but self-comfort, fettered by feudal courtesy; for another, the turbulent situation forces some men of insight to have contradictory feelings.