ZhengTingYu's Yuan Opera

Zheng Ting Yu was a playwright in earlier stage of Yuan Dynasty. Creating abundantly in all his life. Yuan opera 's subject matter was more extensive. These plays reflected all kinds of life in Yuan Dynasty and showed ideological content was quite complicated. We should pay attention to its flashing in the brilliant side even more, namely the criticism that the society was realistic to the initial stage of Yuan Dynasty in the play. He regards Yuan opera as the lyrical tool which writes his will , displays his observation and thinking of the society. With the education that he has received , choose the angle , catch the question, reflect actual life, analyze the society through the play. Zheng Ting Yu has written out the plentiful social life of Yuan Dynasty in his plays, such as unequal distribution of wealth of social phenomenon, the officialdom's reactionary rule and rotten, the influential officials acted like an overlord and do whatever their wish, the money caused crime, the community false and lost morals. These plays depicted the intellectual's miserable experience at that day. Besides his opera was so much looking forward to a bright life .His plays mirrored the progressive thought of envy and hate and given a plain account to the author's life. At the same time the writer advocated all content of bear, karma of the all things again in the play, which have reflected author's superstition, passive thought of destiny. Zheng Ting Yu was very familiar with the social actual life. He has deep thought to the ways of the world of human feeling .He was familiar with the artistic characteristic of drama and display the skill. He was good at using satirizing and inflating skill, he created distinctive characterization through this way. His drama plot had regular mode, for example the beginning was rule and hint to the plot of opera. The language of his opera has simple style , he could catch the vivid, imagery spoken language. Zheng Ting Yu's artistic merits of opera was very brilliant. His plays were spread all over the world at 17th—18th century. Scholars also discussed these plays at home and abroad. His plays was far—reaching .He was not to be ignored in the history of China ancient opera.