The Research About Song Taizu

The operas about Zhao Kuangyin is the plays about the ancientChinese emperors and the Chinese history in miniature, during whichhis image has change a lot. But the academic world hasn’t givenenough attention. And few papers are on this topic as well.Therefore,this essay will be systematically and in-depth analyzedthe image of Zhao Kuangyin in the operas to help the research inplays about the ancient Chinese emperors and the Chinese history.Part1Discourse the basis of the operas about Zhao Kuangyin. Iexpound it mainly from the historical aspect and the literary aspect toexplore the image of Zhao Kuangyin in history and the image of SongTaizu in early literature.Part2Discourse the establishment of the image of ZhaoKuangyin in operas. From Song to Yuan his image has changed andwas to the direction of greenwood hero.Part3Discourse the development and dissemination of the imageof Zhao Kuangyin in operas. The prevalence of Neo-Confucianism andthe desk literature in Ming Dynasty, makes the emphasis of the operasabout Song Taizu changed. Zhao Kuangyin are no longer the civilianhero beside common people, but became a forethought emperor.Part4Discourse the summary of the image of Zhao Kuangyin inoperas. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the operas about Song Taizu highly summarized the previous works. At this time, the imageof Song Taizu is a good emperor with both loyalty and piety.Conclusion Summarize the content of this research and point theproblems and shortage.