On Li Yu 's Ten

The research of Li Yu and his works has become one hot topic of the academic researches in recent years. In the past researches on Li Yu, the scholars generally gave very high evaluation on his traditional opera theory that is the word andtune section and the performance section of the work------leisurelymood written by chance. And it was considered a epoch-making masterpiece in the history of the Chinese traditional opera theory. But, for a very long time, the Ten kinds of Tune Li Yu's traditional opera creation has been deemed a second comedy works and been neglected and despised. Even some scholars straight forwards called Li Yu a giant on theory and a dwarf on creation.In this extremely imbalanc relation of theory and creation, the thesis tries to apperceive Li Yu's Ten kinds of Tune in a newpoint of view------the Chinese ancient traditional opera developmenthistory. Being strongly restricted by the Chinese ancient poem tradition, almost all forms of art being transformed from the poem would return to poem. And the same as the traditional opera art. The manifestation is that the Chinese ancient traditional opera has experienced a course from vulgarity to refinement and from on stage to on desk in its development history. The transformation made the Chinese ancient traditional opera gradually lost its essence character of performance and showed stronger and stronger dramatization tendency. But Li Yu's Ten kinds of Tune corrected this tendency with all efforts in many kinds of distinct professional characteristics, and made the consciousness of "performance" awaken that was lost in the Chinese ancient traditional opera for a long time. And it was rightly peculiar contribution for the Chinese ancient traditional opera made by Li Yu's Ten kinds of Tune.In addition, many scholars have commented the perfection of art and the art and the inferiority of thought on Ten kinds of Tune. This thrsis tries to probe its defects and shortcomings besides its artistic achievement and explore something desirable under its commonplace idea on the whole. In a word, this thesis wants to apperceive Li Yu's The kinds of Tune in a more objective, comprehensive and impartial point of view.