新版人文中國：中國戲劇（簡體書）

China is a country with multiple theatrical activities spread over its largearea. Chinese traditional opera, an integration of singing and performance, is the most common, unique and representative form of Chinese theater. Over more than 800 years, it has maintained its basic form .In the beginning of the 20th century, subject to the impact of the West, the modern drama without singing appeared in China. The development and prosperity of modern drama has added a new landscape for Chinese the ater, which, as a whole, has become more diversified.

Fu Jin Born in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province in1956. Doctor of Literature, professor of the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts,pluralistic researcher of Institute of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage, Sun Yatsen University, advisor for Ph.D. candidate of China Art Academy. His academic works include The Modernization and Localization of Chinese Theater, Introduction to Chinese Theater in the 20th Century, History of Chinese The ater,Treatise on Art of Chinese Theater, etc.

《中國戲劇(英文)》由五洲傳播出版社出版。

China is a country with multiple theatricalactivities spreadover its vast area. Currently,Chinese traditional opera（xiqu）, an integration o！singing and performance, isthe most common, unique andrepresentative form of Chinesetheater.
Chinese traditional operaoriginated in the 12th century.Compared with ancient Greekand Indian Sanskrit drama, itwas born rather late but withmore exuberant vitality. Overmore than 800 years, Chinesetraditional opera has maintained its basic form, therefore, amongthe existing types of drama, Chinese traditional opera may havethe longest history.
Rich in history and charm in artistic expression, traditionalopera is deeply loved by ancient Chinese people. A formula isextensively used in Chinese traditional opera performances, witha special music metric and regulated singing.

Foreword
Prelude： the Origins of Chinese Theater
Sacrifice and Entertainer
The Spectacular Scene of Music and Dance
Xinong and the Art of Singing with Speaking
Peaks Towering Magnificently： Song Xiwen and Yuan Zaju
Southern Xiwen during the Song Dynasty
The Prosperity ofYuan Zaju
Guan Hanqings Remarkable Achievement
Refinement and Elegance： Chuanqi of the MinR and Qing Dynasties and the Times of Kunqu Opera
Scholars Renovate of Xiwen
Kunqu Opera and Exquisite Peony Pavilion
Palace of Eternity and Peach Blossom Fan
Li Yu and Kunqu Opera Stage Performances
Flowers in Bloom： Diversified Opera Varieties
Spread of Yiyang Tune and Clapper Opera
Competition between Huabu and Yabu
From Playlet to Big Opera
Modern Play and Stage Play
With Ups and Downs： Extending Its Global Presence
New Stage
Mei Lanfang——Going to the World
Improvement to the Traditional Opera and
"Model Opera"
Forward-looking Chinese Theater
Appendix： Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties

Emerging during the Song Dynasty, the earliest mature the ater in China flourished in Zhejiang and was called Wenzhou zaju. It was sharply different from Song Jin zaju in two ways. On the one hand, actors in Song Jin zaju didn't necessarily play fixed roles whose main purpose was to make fun. On the other, it was a small-sized xinong without complete stories.
During the late Southern Song Dynasty （1127-1279）, new the ater emerged with set length and complete stories in which actorsp layed dramatic roles and performed by various means including speech and song. Moreover, such performances maintained the irbasic forms to the present day. The highly sophisticated the aterstyle during the Southern Song Dynasty emerged in Wenzhou and flourished in southern area of the Yangtze River and was known as"southern tune xiwen" or simply referred to as "xiwen."
The earliest complete script was found and repurchased in1920 in a small antique shop in London by scholar Ye Gongchuo.It included works such as The No.1 Scholar Zhang Xie （ZhangXie Zhuang Yuan）, The Butcher （Xiao Sun Tu） and Wrong Career of Official's Son （Huan Men Zi Di Cuo Li Shen）.
The No.1 Scholar Zhang Xie was compiled by the scholars in the Jiushan Club in Wenzhou during the Southern Song Dynasty. During this period, xiwen performances were very popular inWenzhou and literary societies were common. The Jiushan Club,a professional group for script writing, was also founded. Theclub was very active. For instance, when a monk named Zu Jie inWenzhou did all kinds of evil things under the asylum of local officials, the club members immediately compiled a xiwen scriptbased on the monks' misdemeanors and performed it in public. The theater then aroused the anger of the local population, for cingthe government to uphold justice and punish the evil monk.