Panzhi Heng Director Theoretical Research

Chinese opera experiences such a long time of800more years; it has been divided into many categories at present and countless kinds of dramas. The Chinese opera, Grace Tragedy and India opera are the three ancient operas in the world. Opera is a complex art including time and space, it’s disseminated by singing, reading, doing and fighting with abundant representations. In Ming dynasty with the developing of capitalism, the opera is also in a vibrant atmosphere. Panyiheng as the representative of opera writer and critic, he provides brilliant theoretical support for future generations.In Ming dynasty, people still don’t have any specific theory basis to rely on about acting and directing, therefore Panzhiheng just simply records all the acting and performance issues. This article is mainly focusing on the impact to future generation opera from the theory collection of Panzhiheng in order to analysis his directing theories and results from modern critics by research of his studies "Luanxiao sketch" and "Genshi".This article is constituted with5chapters.The1st chapter will explain the theory about directing and acting of Panzhiheng. Writer is going to guide us to analysis the theory of Panzhiheng from the style, shape, integration, next step is to tell the effect of teaching, script, recreation of director. The2nd chapter is about the important effect of Panzhiheng’s theory to the opera in the Ming dynasty. Writer will elaborate the mutual effects on both Panzhiheng and theoreticians in Ming dynasty (e.g. Tangxianzu) with historical materials. The3nd chapter is about the important effect of Panzhiheng’s theory to the opera in the Qing dynasty. Writer will elaborate the mutual effects on both Panzhiheng and theoreticians in Qing dynasty (e.g. Liyu) and the development of opera. The fourth chapter mainly evaluation pan Zhiheng table directing theory, described separately from the overall evaluation of artistic innovation and scholars. The last chapter is conclusion.