The Comparative Study About Music Works Of Kang Hai And Wang Jiusi

Kang Hai,Wang Jiusi were both important members of “The first Seven” in the literary circle of Ming Dynasty.Their non-dramatic songs and opera works play an important role in the history of Ming Dynasty.They have the same background,similar career experience as friends of each other in half their lives,making so many common grounds of song writing.However,different life experiences and aesthetic pursuits made their composition contains individuality in its commonness.Their non-dramatic songs contents included the song of exasperating the world,songs of pleasure and idleness,songs of boudoir resentment,the song of landscape scenery,the song of celebrating one's birthday from one's own life,etc.There was a lot of indignation about the purpose of cursing the world from the song written by Kang Hai,showing his strength and express directly and delightedly,more emotions than objects,and words were more elegant.The songs of Wang Jiusi were implicit and mild with peaceful implication,narration and clamping,more images than the emotion,with words were more popular.In terms of drama,the two men 's play of the same name,"the Wolf of Zhongshan",had the same motive and the same purpose as the theme.While,the plot design was very interesting."Wang Lanqing" and "Du Fu Go sightseeing in spring " deduced two different stories,containing different implications;There were also similarities and differences in the artistic characteristics of opera.It mainly showed in the aspects of image setting,form structure,language style and so on.The similarities and differences of the two person were related to their personal experience and personality,more connected with the difference of the succession of teachings from master to disciples between them.