淸朝宮廷大戲「鼎峙春秋」について : 淸朝宮廷における三國志劇

Abstract

Dingzhi Chunqiu 鼎峙春秋, which was staged in the imperial court of Qing 淸 is the large-scale drama about Sanguozhi 三國志. The main story goes ahead through Liu Bei 劉備 as the main subject, but the story also has the parts irrelevant to Liu Bei. Such parts were based on some dramas made before it, and would be introduced for the purpose of adding the change to the story and letting the woman character appear during the drama. Dingzhi Chunqiu is made by connecting the acts based on the dramas before it with the acts which were made based on Sanguoyanyi 三國演義 newly. Good portion of the dramas which were used as material has been lost now, and we can just restore contents of such dramas from contents of Dingzhi Chunqiu to some extent. In the last part, Cao Cao 曹操's hell visiting and southern conquest of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮 are played in turn. It expresses the fate of the person who revolted against the legitimate emperor, the other ethnic group conquest by the army of the emperor, the obedience of the other ethnic group, and this is good for drama of the Imperial Court. It seems that the latter was intended to praise the south race conquest that Qianlong-di 乾隆帝 really performed.