古代江浙戏曲刻本述考

Brief Review on the Ancient Block-Printed Editions of Traditional Operas in Jiangsu and Zhejiang

中国古代戏曲刻家,起于元,盛于明,继于清。明中期之后,戏曲刻书重心移至南方。浙江继元而盛,江苏大有后来居上之势。尤其江苏金陵(今南京),书坊林立,蔚为大观。清代戏曲刻书继明而盛,官刻与私刻的曲谱、曲选、汇刻等空前繁富。本文按照各主要戏曲版本的刻家、分布、历史、刊本名目等情况,对江浙一带的刻本加以介绍。

The block-printing masters of ancient traditional Chinese operas originated from Yuan Dynasty, prevailed in Ming, and had been developing all through Qing Dynasty. After the mid-Ming period, the center of block-printing was transferred to the south. Zhejiang＇ s block-printing of traditional operas flourished since Yuan Dynasty, while Jiangsu had the tendency to surpass Zhejiang. In particular, Jinling （now Nanjing）, Jiangsu, a forest of bookshops formed an extremely splendid view. In Qing Dynasty, the block-printed editions continued to thrive. The traditional opera scores, selections, collections and so forth flourished unprecedentedly both block-printed by the government and in private. This paper attempts to introduce the block-printed editions in the area of Zhejiang and Jiangsu in terms of the masters, distributions, histories, items, etc. of major traditional opera versions.