“生扭吴中之拍”与“真诗只在民间”的深层次自洽--李开先《宝剑记》“不娴度曲”说新读解

The Deep-seated Self-consistent Relationship between “Blunt Composition in Wuzhong”and“True Poems Only in the Folk”:A New Interpretation of Li Kaixian’s Statement of“not Being Adept in Writing Music”in The Story of the Sword

李开先于嘉靖年间完成《新编林冲宝剑记》,前人多认为这是基于民间通俗剧本而又“改其乡先辈之作”①,李开先也自称“连金缀玉成新传,换羽移宫接旧腔”,毫不讳言运用前代底本。但将民间俗曲改造为整饬谐和、“寒奸雄之胆,而坚善良之心”的剧作殊非易事。