Between Illusion and Reality: a Essay on the "drama of Gods, Buddhas, and Taoism" in Yuan Dynasty Zaju
by Mao Xiaoyu
About This Novel
Religious dramas in Yuan Zaju are an important part of Yuan Zaju. By combing through all the religious plays in Yuan Zaju, and through detailed examination and analysis, this book puts forward a new concept that is different from "fairy and Taoist dramas", that is, "divine, Buddhist and Taoist dramas". This book also discusses the mode of religious drama in Yuan Zaju, the organic combination of religion and drama, and the special dramatic phenomenon of "Eight Immortals Opera". At the same time, when the author studied the "Journey to the West" drama, he found that it is an important bridge between the original Journey to the West story and the novel "Journey to the West", because it is different from the novel "Journey to the West", and some of its characteristics can better prove the relationship between "Journey to the West" and the Indian epic "Ramayana" by previous scholars. Through the study of the religious dramas of Yuan Zaju, we can find that any literary works are not fictions, and religious dramas are also reflections of social reality. From them, we can see the harsh conditions of the world, the strife in officialdom, the plight of prostitutes, and the usury system, etc., Which gives us a deeper understanding of the society of the Yuan Dynasty. The "divine, Buddhist and Taoist drama" in the seemingly fantasy Yuan dramas is actually a vivid and concrete presentation of the social conditions of China at that time on the stage. In addition, this book also includes several papers written by the author on the study of Yuan dramas.
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