元曲家的士人品格和杂剧中体现的担当精神

On the Scholarly Attributes of Yuan Dramatists and Their Responsibilities Manifested in Drama

以往的元杂剧研究认为,元代的曲家是“浪子文人”“市井文人”,说他们不再有传统士人的品格,丧失了士人的社会责任感和担当精神。现在看来,这些说法过于主观。依据元代文献做具体考察,验之于元代戏曲家在作品中传达的观念,从各个方面来看,元代曲家都没有失去士人的品格。他们是元代士人群体的一部分。对于现实与社会,他们没有失去责任心,表现出了士人的忧患意识和担当精神。正因为如此,才有了大量题材严肃、深刻反映当时社会问题的杂剧作品。

The past studies of Yuan drama held that the dramatists were the“prodigal writers”or the“marketplace writers”and did not have any attributes of the traditional scholars,and even lost the sense of social responsibilities.Now these views seem to be too subjective.The examination of the literature concerning Yuan Dynasty has shown that these Yuan dramatists did not lose such attributes at all.As a part of the subject of scholars in this period,they borne the social responsibility and showed their awareness of anything unexpected and the responsibility.It is because of this that a large amount of plays with serious themes appeared and reflected the social problems profoundly.