清中叶扬州曲家的花部戏曲观

Outlook of Yangzhou Dramatists in Mid-Qing Dynasty on Huabuxi

清中叶,花、雅两部戏曲演出活动繁盛,扬州曲家焦循、李斗、黄文旸、凌廷堪等深受市民文化熏陶,从题材、语言、音律等方面,发现花部戏与元曲主旨精神相通,因此热情赞美花部戏。李斗在《扬州画舫录》卷五中对花部戏曲演出的实录性记载,焦循在《花部农谭》中对花部戏理论的总结,皆可谓开时代风气之先。这是扬州曲家在传统曲学观念与乾嘉朴学思潮合力的作用下向前推进的结果。

Stage performance of huabuxi and yabuxi was well under way in Yangzhou during the Mid-Qing dynasty while such local dramatists as Jiao Xun, Li Dou, Huang Wenyang and Ling Tingkan thought highly of huabuxi, and were actively involved in drama criticism as well. Influenced by the civilian culture, they found that huabuxi is simi- lar to yuanqu in art spirit regarding subject matter, language and music. Being the pioneering theoretical works writ- ten in that period, Notes of Pleasure Boats in graphs, products of both the traditional views Yangzhou and Tales of Huabuxi are valued as two important mono- of Yangzhou dramatists and the qianfia academic trends