《昭代箫韶》的第四种脚本

The Fourth Script of theSong Book to Enlighten Generations

《昭代箫韶》乃清宫连台本大戏的一种,据升平署档案记载,道光年之后在清宫共演过四次,光绪年间的一次曾将原昆弋本改为两种皮黄本。一般研究者只注意到《昭代箫韶》前后有三种脚本,但笔者发现,《故宫珍本丛刊》中所存的几出手抄本为道咸年间的演出脚本,也是光绪年间升平署改编的底本,所以存在第四种脚本。

The Song Book to Enlighten Generations （a compilation of plays about the generals of the Yang family） is one of the full-length drama plays in the Qing imperial palace. According to the files of Shengping Institution that governed all opera performances in the court, the play had been performed four times in the palace since the reign of Daoguang. The original play of Kun-yi Opera was once adapted into two editions of the Beijing Opera during the years of Guangxu＇ s reign, and usually only these three edi- tions of scripts have been noticed by researchers. The author discovers that there exists the fourth one, recorded in ＂Periodicals of Precious Treasures of National Palace＂. It was the script for performance dur- ing the years of Daoguang and Xianfeng＇ s reign, and also the master copy adapted by Shengping Institu- tion in the years of Guangxu＇ s reign.