The False And True Research On Dingyaokang’s Traditional Opera

Ding Yaokang (1599——1669) is a opera writer in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. He wrote four traditional operas in his life, they are "Hua Ren You","Xi Hu Shan","Chi Song You" and "Biao Zhong Ji". He has made a positive contribution to the development and prosperity of Ming and Qing Dynasty’s traditional opera. Ding Yaokang vividly express his insights of the drama’s creation and the drama theory in his works, especially the views about the art of fiction and reality in the drama. He inherited Senior’s essence of virtual and reality theory about the literature. He closely combined with the actual of civil life and Opera Creation at his era, there are many originality and profundity ideas. Ding’works are the reflection of the turbulent social life and his rough life experience, revealed the contradiction of go into the society or not. In his virtual and reality theory the greatest artistic characteristics is each other reciprocal transformation and then the most important is fiction. Although Ding’s drama theory also had not become a system, he has also made certain elaboration, and some view is the same time others not mentioned, there is no lack of high perspicacity, they has the very important artistic value.In "Xiao Tai Ou Zhu Ci Li",Ding Yaokang put forward to the viewpoints of "San Nan","Shi Ji","Qi Yao" and "Liu Fan". Ding Yaokang think that "Xi Zhe, Xi Ye", and also consider the creation of opera need With the emotion as the first. it is not difficult to see that, Ding Yaokang focuses more on the opera creation techniques, application, practicality; whereas Li Yu’s" fictional and real" theory focus more on articaltheory, philosophical, theoretical theory. Each one has his advantages, and can complement each other. Obviously, Ding Yaokang’s opera and theory is of great significance in Chinese ancient drama theory history. Ding Yaokang’s opera and view is reflected not only in his drama theory, but also in his opera works. Ding Yaokang’s drama and art can be roughly classified into three categories:combination between real and fiction, set off the moon with clouds, emotion expressed with figment The discussing and improving of the problem about the art of fiction and reality in the drama theory is the result of the past dynasties’ writer’s continually strive to explore, in this respect his achievements has made positive contribution for the building of the china ancient drama theory, therefore, Ding Yaokang’s status can’t be ignored in the ancient Chinese drama history.