戏曲美学论之悲喜

The Sorrow and Joy of Traditional Chinese Opera Aesthetics

在戏曲美学中,悲喜这对范畴时常被讨论。迄今为止,学术界仍对中国传统戏曲中的悲喜问题存在争议。而中国戏曲中的悲剧有其独特的审美品格,它实际上透露着"乐而不淫、哀而不伤"的美学精神,这是民族文化心理的体现,具有其独特的价值意义,对戏曲的传承发展有着指导作用。

In the aesthetics of traditional Chinese opera, the category of sorrow and joy is often discussed. So far,the academic community is still in controversy about the sorrows and joys in traditional Chinese opera. The tragedyin Chinese opera has its unique aesthetic character. It actually reveals the aesthetic spirit of being “joyous but notindecent, mournful but not distressing”. Such spirit just embodies the national cultural psychology, bearing itsunique value and playing a guiding role in the inheritance and development of Chinese opera.