哀婉感伤的悲剧美 色空观下的不了缘——《不了缘》文化意蕴解读

The Exploration of No end of the Fate's Ideological and Cultural Implication

清代碧蕉轩主人的《不了缘》杂剧,在明清西厢题材作品中可称独树一帜。它承袭了唐代传奇小说《莺莺传》的故事本事并发展了其中的悲剧情节,改变了明清戏曲惯用的团圆故事格套,呈现出一种凄婉哀伤的悲剧美。作品在婚恋观上,既不是既往《莺莺传》所表现的只恋不婚,又非明清戏曲的通例——圆满的婚恋一致,它所展现的是现实生活中常见的有恋无婚的婚恋形态。该剧同时汲取了明清时期作家常用的色空观解决这种婚恋矛盾,以此进行精神慰藉。

No end of the Fate,which was written by Owner of Bijiao in the Qing dynasty,was an unique drama in the range of West Chamber theme dramas.It inherited the story of the novel of Tang Dynasty Yingying Legend and developed its tragic factor,changing the style of the common happy ending and showing a plaintive tragic beauty.On the creation of the values on marriage and love,it was neither the style of only love but no marriage like Yingying Legend,nor the style of happy marriage with love like the dramas of the Ming and Qing dynasties.It showed the form of marriage and love that young people love each other but can’t be married.At the same time,the writer drew on the form and emptiness of Buddhism which was commonly used by the writers of the Ming and Qing dynasties to comfort their spirit.