从阴阳五行看中国戏剧何以晚成

阴阳五行思想发源于中国上古时期的农业社会。殷代的四方观念、“五行材质说”和《易经》的思想体系是我们所见最早的相关记载。阴阳五行彼此牵制、调和矛盾、循环往复的机制 ,因中国人以宗法制为基础的社会组织结构而神圣化 ,并演化为一种涵盖天地万物的综合思维模式 ,左右了中国人的思维方式、行为方式。这种思维模式与戏剧的意志冲突精神是针锋相对的 ,是导致中国戏曲姗姗来迟的一个重要原因。

How''''s Chinese Drama Been Slow in Coming from Yinyang and Wuxing

The thought of Yinyang and Wuxing originated from the agricultural society during the remote ages of China. The idea of the five directions of Yin Dynasty, the five kind of material qualities and the ideological system of Yijing are the earliest historical records which we can read. The mechanism of the restriction one another, harmony of contradictions, moving in circles of Yinyang and Wuxing changed into a kind of the multiple mode of thinking. This mode contained all of things in the world completely, have been sacralized because of the organizational form of society based on the patriarch system. It influenced the mode of thinking and action of Chinese. The mode of thinking is tit for tat to the nature spirit of drama in the conflict of wills, and it caused the Chinese traditional drama been slow in coming.