Background of the topic selection and research significance
The Western Han Dynasty is a country established after the Qin Dynasty, inheriting the Qin Dynasty system, but it did not inherit the short-lived fate of the Qin Dynasty, but carried out reforms in all aspects, during which the succession of twelve emperors spanned the history of 210 years to the end, and the historical story of the Western Han Dynasty was very legendary, mysterious, revelatory and referential in itself.
Since its inception, it has been paid attention to and studied by many rulers, politicians, literati and even city people, and the history of this period has a great role in politics and culture, and it is this point that makes the history of the Western Han Dynasty in the Western Han period and even later dynasties receive a lot of attention, resulting in many literary works related to it.
With the completion of the Shiji, Sima Qian's careful description and portrayal of historical figures and events in the Western Han period in this history book also greatly promoted the dissemination of Western Han history.
His famous works "Xiang Yubenji", "Huaiyin Hou Lie", "Liuhou Family", "Xiao Xiangguo Family", "Chen Chengxiang Family", "Zhang Er Chen Yu Lie", "General Li Lie" and other superb artistic characteristics make some Western Han stories more distant and broader in transmission.
Since the "Shiji", there have been traces of the stories of historical figures of the Western Han Dynasty in poetry, prose, novels, ancient dramas and other literary works, and many very wonderful literary works have also appeared. In the Yuan Dynasty, Yuan miscellaneous opera entered the field of vision of literature and art with its complete and mature opera form.
Yuan miscellaneous dramatists also set their sights on the historical stories of the Western Han Dynasty, and thus created many Yuan miscellaneous drama works, some of which also achieved extremely high artistic achievements and extensive social influence. It can be said that the historical story of the Western Han Dynasty itself is very artistic, and it is even more attractive because of Sima Qian's careful portrayal of it.
As a result, later generations also paid more attention to and accepted the historical stories of the Western Han Dynasty, and they also had their own thinking and creation while accepting them, thus producing more literary works related to them, and folklore paid more attention to the content of the historical stories of the Western Han Dynasty, so they were more alienated in the process of spreading the Western Han Dynasty.
This characteristic is particularly prominent in the stories of Chu and Han and Emperor Wudi of Han. The characteristics of Western Han historical stories in the process of dissemination and development have their own uniqueness, and which characters were selected among the many historical events and historical figures of the Western Han Dynasty by miscellaneous dramatists of the Yuan Dynasty.
In the performance, what story fragments are intercepted from many literary works such as history books, novels, ancient dramas, operas and so on to be displayed as materials, and how the selected fragments are used to express historical figures or historical events in the Western Han Dynasty in the specific display process.
What emotions and thoughts they express and place on in their people and events in the process of depiction, which in itself has great research value and research space. Many themes of historical dramas of the Western Han Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty are still borrowed and adapted in later drama works, and studying them is conducive to helping us understand the creation, evolution and development of a certain theme in later drama works.
In addition, there are many well-known figures and historical events in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, which are of great historical significance in themselves, and the ancient traditional culture of the mainland in the context of cultural diversification and development has been strongly impacted by foreign culture in the development, and some young people even have bad ideas of admiring foreign countries.
This is very detrimental to the inheritance and development of the mainland's traditional culture, and it is also very harmful to the mainland's own cultural construction, and the study of the historical dramas of the Western Han Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty is conducive to promoting the excellent traditional culture of ancient China.
It is also conducive to enhancing the people's national self-confidence and national pride, and is more conducive to the development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. Therefore, the author believes that research on this topic is necessary and realistic.
A review of the current state of research
As far as the author knows, so far, there are no relevant monographs on the study of Western Han historical dramas in the Yuan Dynasty, and there are very few studies on the overall study of Western Han opera at home and abroad, only a few involve the collation and analysis of its overall drama, and there are many domestic studies on single works in Western Han historical dramas in the Yuan Dynasty.
Especially the more famous plays in Western Han opera. In the historical drama of the Western Han Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty, the most studied and the most researched and the most researched is the first to recommend "Han Palace Autumn", and the academic research on this work mainly includes the fate of the character image, the artistic characteristics of the work, the theme of the drama, and the comparative study of the work.
There are also scholars who study it from the perspective of literary geography and gender perspectives. In terms of character image and fate, the academic research on the play "Han Palace Autumn" mainly focuses on Wang Zhaojun and Emperor Yuan of Han, Zhong Ying's "The Shaping and Development of Historical Figures in Historical Dramas - Starting from the Image of Wang Zhaojun in "Han Palace Autumn".
Xing Chunlei's "My View of the Image of Zhaojun in the Autumn of the Han Palace", Wang Jisi and Xiao Deming's "From "Zhaojun Resentment" to "Han Palace Autumn" - The Tragic Image of Wang Zhaojun" all start from the image of Zhaojun, while Zhang Libo and Gao Xia's "Analysis of the Reasons for the Image Transformation of Emperor Han Yuan" pay attention to the transformation of the image of Emperor Han Yuan.
Li Zhonghe's "A Brief Discussion on the Tragic Protagonist of "Han Palace Autumn" and Its Implications", Tian Jiwei's "Who to Stay for Qingzuka - The Tragic Song of Wang Zhaojun's Fate from "Han Palace Autumn", Liang Kun's "The Tragedy of "Han Palace Autumn" from the Western Tragic Theory", Guan Xiujiao's "Tragic Transcendence of the Squeeze of Male Power - On the Death of Zhaojun in "Han Palace Autumn" and other studies have paid attention to the tragedy of Zhaojun's personal fate.
Personal resistance, dedication and national integrity. In terms of the artistic characteristics of the works, the academic circles mainly pay attention to the dramatic structure, script content, aesthetic conception and language of "Han Palace Autumn", Wu Xinlei's "The Thought and Art of "Han Palace Autumn" Miscellaneous Opera".
Wang Gaoxiang's "Analysis of the Dramatic Artistic Conception of "Han Palace Autumn" from the "History of Song and Yuan Opera", Peng Hongwei's "Lonely Goose Image: Interpreting the Symbols of the Deep Meaning of "Han Palace Autumn", Peng Hongwei's "Lonely Goose Image and the Aesthetic Feelings of "Han Palace Autumn", Xiong Guanghong's "Appreciation of the Artistic Characteristics of "Breaking the Dream of the Lonely Goose Han Palace Autumn", Yan Qi's "A Brief Analysis of the Artistic Structure of "Han Palace Autumn".
Na Xiuyan's "A Preliminary Study on the Art of Tragic Structure Art of "Han Palace Autumn" and other papers have carried out very detailed and in-depth research on the creation of dramatic artistic conception, the musicality of dramatic structure, the lyricism of dramatic language, the image of lonely geese and the shaping of tragic atmosphere.
Jia Xueqing's "Stage Tasting of the Tragedy of "Han Palace Autumn" even explores the creation of the tragic effect of the entire opera from four aspects: the shaping of the tragic story of the drama, the creation of contradictions and conflicts, the transformation of Wang Zhaojun's tragic image and the tragic atmosphere of the play.
In terms of the main theme and ideology, the academic circles have different evaluations of the theme of "Han Palace Autumn", including five views: "political theme", "love theme", "politics and love", "borrowing ancient irony" and "life understanding". Wang Renming's essay "New Discussion on the Theme of "Han Palace Autumn" believes that "Han Palace Autumn" expresses the sorrow and sorrow of the broad masses of people living under national oppression.
pinned on the pain of the loss of the country and reproduced the historical picture of the defeat of the two Song Dynasties; Wang Jianping's "Rebuke the Abominability of Traitors and Lament the Misfortune of Zhongxian - A New Treatise on the Theme of "Han Palace Autumn" believes that Ma Zhiyuan's theme of "denouncing the hatefulness of traitors and lamenting the misfortune of loyalty" revealed in "Han Palace Autumn" is the theme.
Zhou Bo's "The Triple Choice of History, Reality and Art: The Theme of the Miscellaneous Drama "Han Palace Autumn" from the Perspective of Ma Zhiyuan's Changes to the Historical Theme" believes that the play reflects the strong dissatisfaction of intellectuals in the Yuan Dynasty with reality, so the creation of historical dramas is included in the venting of emotional repression, and these three scholars actually hold the "political theme".
Wang Xueli's "New Changes from "Zhaojun Resentment" to "Ode to Zhaojun" - Taking the Thematic Analysis of "Han Palace Autumn" and "Wang Zhaojun" as an Example" holds the "dual theme of politics and love", believing that in addition to showing the love tragedy of Emperor Yuan of Han and Wang Zhaojun, the play has a strong sense of patriotism and nationalism.
Wang Lu, Qiao Yang and Zhang Zhe's "Reflections on the Theme of "Han Palace Autumn" believes that "Han Palace Autumn" is a work borrowed from ancient and modern irony. Cai Meiyun's "New Thoughts on Ma Zhiyuan and His "Han Palace Autumn" believes that "Han Palace Autumn" shows personal helplessness about the impermanence of fate; Hu Xiaocheng's "Ma Zhiyuan" (Han Palace Autumn) Theme Analysis" believes that "Han Palace Autumn" is ostensibly written about the confusion, resentment and pain of Emperor Yuan of Han who lost his beloved concubine.
In fact, it expresses the confusion and despair after his ideals are shattered and his life coordinates are lost; Nie Xinrong's "From "Zhaojun Grievance" to "Imperial Sorrow": The Borrowing and Sublimation of the Loyalty and Traitor Dispute Model in "Han Palace Autumn" believes that the drama really shows the internal conflict in the spiritual world of Emperor Han Yuan.
That is, in the process of Emperor Han Yuandi's character and fate suddenly turning from complacency to frustration, Emperor Han Yuan gradually realized that his personal fate was dominated, people could not do whatever they wanted, and loved the tragedy of life they loved; Yu Wenxia's "I Look at "Han Palace Autumn" - A New Theory on the Theme of "Han Palace Autumn" believes that "Han Palace Autumn" is interpreting all kinds of sufferings in life.
The great joy of overcoming all inevitability and achieving life and freedom, on the contrary, contributes to the pain of disillusionment because of the inescapable and difficult to betray fate; Several scholars hold the "life experience" theory. In addition, Dong Qi's "New Exploration of the Theme of Yuan Miscellaneous Opera "Han Palace Autumn" derives the four themes of "Han Palace Autumn" from four perspectives: work, world, author and reader:
Love tragedies, ethnic conflicts, talent failure, life difficulties; Liu Li's "Analysis of the Diversity of Themes of "Han Palace Autumn" and "Hall of Eternal Life" believes that the original Allah title of a work like "Han Palace Autumn" is not some kind of ideological meaning that occupies a "core" or "dominant" position in the whole play, but a "theme structure" with special ideological connotations hidden behind the narrative surface of the drama.
In the comparative study of "Han Palace Autumn", scholars mainly focus on comparing it with the stories of previous Zhaojun, "Wutong Rain", "Hall of Eternal Life", "Tale of the West Wing" and foreign literary works. Zhen Jing's essay "A Comparative Study of the Yuan Miscellaneous Opera (Han Palace Autumn) and the Ming Legend "Herong Ji" compares the play with the Ming Dynasty legend "He Rong Ji" in terms of storyline and language characteristics.
study the characteristics of each of the two works; Song Min's essay "On the Trend of the Times and the Transmutation of Wang Zhaojun's Literary Image - Taking "Qin Cao", "Han Palace Autumn", Guo Moruo "Wang Zhaojun" and Cao Yu "Wang Zhaojun" as Examples" to study the changes in the image of Zhaojun in the works of Zhaojun in successive dynasties.
Yin Jiao's "Brief Analysis of Wang Guowei's "Three Tragic Theories" - Try to Take the Yuan Miscellaneous Opera "Dou E'e" "Han Palace Autumn" and "Wutong Rain" as an example", Zhang Huimin's "Han Palace Tangyuan Autumn Rain Wutong - Also Talk about "Wutong Rain" and "Han Palace Autumn", Liu Zhiqiang's "Han Palace Autumn" and "Wutong Rain" "Huayi View" characteristics and causes analysis.
Liu Ailin's "Similarities and Differences: A Comparison between Wutong Rain and Han Palace Autumn", Fu Mancang and Jing Jiang's "Comparison of Wutong Rain and Han Palace Autumn", Cui Caihong's "Comparative Study of Wutong Rain" and "Han Palace Autumn".
Zhao Cuiping's "Wutong Rain" and "Han Palace Autumn" and other papers compare "Han Palace Autumn" with "Wutong Rain", exploring its theme evolution, lyricism, huayi view, tragedy, selection and treatment of historical themes, structural layout, character shaping, and language style.