「賺蒯通」雜劇の構造について

Abstract

There are many anonymous historical plays in the Yüan-tsa-chü (元雜劇). We must treat these plays not as 'Lese-drama' but as the art of the stage. The Tsuan Kai T'ung (膁蒯通) is the representative example of these plays. This play lays its foundation on the popular entertainments of the time. According to the form of the Yüan-tsa-chü (元雜劇), this play consists of four acts, and the third act is clearly based on the Ch'üan-hsiang-p'ing-hua ch'ien-han-shu hsü-chi (全相平話前漢書續集) --a historical story which was published in the Chih-chih (至治) period of the Yüan (元) dynasty--while the first and second acts are related to the Chang-tzu-fang mo-tao chi (張子房慕道記) which is contained in the Ching-p'ing-shan-t'ang hua-pên (淸平山堂話本) --an anthology of short stories which was published in the Chia-ching (嘉靖) period in the Ming (明) dynasty. By considering the Yüan-tsa-chü (元雜劇) from the point of view of its relationship to the popular entertainments of the time, we shall be able to understand the essence of the Yüan-tsa-chü (元雜劇) as the art of the stage.