关汉卿和近松门左卫门

A Comparison between Guan Han-qing and Chikamatsu Monzaemon

关汉卿被称为中国的莎士比亚,而近松门左卫门则被称为日本的莎士比亚,仔细比较这两位东方的戏剧大师,会发现他们不但有着与莎士比亚相似的生活经历,而且还都为两国戏剧艺术的发展做出了堪与莎士比亚之于西方文艺复兴相媲美的卓越的历史贡献。

Chinese great playwright Guan Han-qing has been well known as China＇s Shakespeare while it is rarely known in China that Chikamatsu Monzaemon（1653—1724）was also recognized as Japan＇s Shakespeare.Guan Han-qing and Chikamatsu Monzaemon not only shared the similar life experience as Shakespeare,but also made as great contribution as Shakespeare in China and Japan opera history.