明代元曲文献评介

Comment on the Literature of Yuan Qu

元曲在历史上是和唐诗宋词并肩的文学高峰,但其遗存数量却不多,主要是通过《元曲选》等明代刊刻的各种元曲文献进行呈现。后者数量同样不多,但却为保存传承元曲发挥了十分重要的作用,《元曲选》是其中最流行、最为读者接受的。文章从元曲的发展兴盛情况入手,介绍了明代刊刻元曲文献情况,并着重介绍了《元曲选》。

Yuan Qu was another literary peak in China history,like Tang Poetry and Song Ci,but unfortunately only a small amount of Yuan Qu was handed down,and mainly in Yuan Qu Selection and some other books engraved in Ming Dynasty.Although there were only a few engraved books of Yuan Qu,they played very important role in the preservation of this literary form and,Yuan Qu Selection is the post popular one.This paper introduces Yuan Qu's flourishing in Yuan Dynasty,the compiling in Ming Dynasty,and the content and value of Yuan Qu Selection.