《长生殿》：文人历史剧对历史的合理“误读”

中国古代历史题材剧的创作者有文人与艺人之分，《长生殿》是典型的文人创作的历史剧。文人创作的历史剧有两种创作原则，即曲史观和寓言观，《长生殿》则属于后者的代表。洪昇从“断章取义”的寓言观出发，将李扬故事合理地“误读”为情史，使剧作的政治主题因素与爱情主题因素最终得到统一。这既是洪异现实生活的曲折写照，更流露出作者创作过程中的自喻和补偿心理。

Eternal of Life in Palace:Reasonable Misreading of History by a Historical Playwright

The ancient Chinese historic plays are written either by a man of letters or an artist.Eternal of Life in Palace is one written by a man of letters.In terms of the principle of writing,historic plays written by a man of letters usually treat drama either as history or as an allegory.Hong Sheng,The playwright of Eternal of Life in Palace,regards drama as an allegory.He misread the prototypical story of Li Yang as a love story and united the love subject with a political theme.Such a way of writing reflects i...