朱有燉及其杂剧考论

A Critical Exposition Zhu Youdun and His Literary Creation of Zaju

作为一代藩王 ,朱有能奉藩自全 ,而政治上的无作为却玉成了他对杂剧的创新。朱有剧作在体制方面的创新是普遍的和系统的 (这一点在同时代尚无人与之并列 )。这和前人认为其“犹有金元风范”即对元曲名家名作的忠实继承并不构成矛盾。继承是基础 ,创新是动力。二者的结合在一定程度上弥补了作品思想内容上由于正统教化和韬晦保守带来的不足 ,从而构成了朱有杂剧艺术上的成功 。

Zhu Youdun's innovations in the structure of playwriting are omnipresent and systematic, and he finds no comparables among his contemporaries in this respect. They are not, however, contradictory to his faithful carrying forward the tradition of the famous works by famous dramatists in the Yuan Dynasty, a view of his predecessors that Zhu 'still shows the bearing of the Jin and Yuan dynasties.' To Carry forward the tradition is the foundation, and to strike out a new path is the motivation; the combination of the two makes up, to some extent, for the defects in the ideological content of Zhu's works brought about by orthodox didacticism and his being seclusive and conservative. It counts much for the success of his art, and helps to contribute to the temporary prosperity of zaju (poetic drama set to music) composition at court.