论词乐亡于元初及其原因

An Exploration into the Declining of the Music of Ci Poetry in Early Yuan Dynasty

词乐亡于元初 ,其具体时间可以张炎、仇远逝世为标志。词乐失传的表现为音谱失传 ,能唱之词甚少 ,宫调减少 ,标明宫调者更少 ,词牌由转化到衰落。其衰落的社会原因是统治者不喜欢甚至压制词的传播 ,文学方面的原因是金之诸宫调、元之杂剧散曲符合北人的口味 ,故自然取代“曲子词”。

The music of ci poetry died out in early Yuan Dynasty, marked specifically by the deaths of Zhang Yan and Qiu Yuan. Its declining is demonstrated by the loss of the scores, the lack of singable ci poems, decreasing of the tunes, scarcity of tune-marked ci music, and the fading of the names of tunes to which ci poems are composed. The social reason lies in that the ruling class does not appreciate or even suppresses ci poetry from being developed. And the literary reason is that the multiple tunes of the Jin Dynasty, and the zaju (poetic dramas set to music) and sanqu (verses with tonal patterns modelled on folk tunes) appeal more to the Notherners, thus naturally take the place of 'quzici,' ci poems composed to the set tunes.