Zang Maoxun (1550-1620), styled Jin Shu, was born in Guzhu Mountain.Han nationality, ZhejiangChangxingPeople.the Ming dynastyDramatist, Drama theorist.Edited by《Selected Yuan Opera》It is famous for its excellent selection of Yuan Opera.
Maoxun's poems are fresh and desirable because they care about current affairs.Qian QianyiCollection of Poems of LiechaoZhu YizunMing ShizongChen TianZang Maoxun's poems are selected from the Ming Poetry Chronicle, which has a good reputation in the literary world of the Ming Dynasty.With friends Wu Jiadeng and Wu Mengchang in Huzhou, they are also known as the "Four Sons of Wuxing".Maoxun saw that the culture in his hometown was developed and operas were popular, so he had a desire to compile and print dramas, and collected scattered Yuan Opera and poetry manuscripts everywhere.It was compiled at the age of 67 in the 45th year of Wanli《Selected Yuan Opera》Volume 100 and Volume 1 are well collated.Calligraphy.And proficient in music.[1]
Zang Maoxun is 7 years old and knows well《Five meridians》He is knowledgeable and memorable, and does not stick to details.In the eighth year of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1580), he became a scholar, and the next year he became a professor of Jingzhou Fuxue in Hubei Province.Ten yearsShould days(Nanjing today)Local examinationSame as examiner, later changed to officialYiling(now Yichang City, Hubei Province).Eleven years, promotionNanjingDr. Guozijian, andTang Xianzu、Wang ShizhenFriendly.Visiting the ruins of the Six Dynasties, writing poems, taking concubines and children out of the city for pleasure, being impeached for indulging in sound and color, leaving the official position and returning home in the 13th year of Wanli.Admire the victory of Huangshan Mountain and Baiyue Mountain, travel with sticks, and write poems to express your ambition.In the 24th year, he donated money to rebuild the Dingjia Bridge with his clansmen. The bridge and its inscription (stone inscription) are still well preserved.In the 27th year, he wrote a poem called "The Book of Ji Hai", accusing the court of insatiable greed and widespread tax supervision.Twenty nine years, andCao Xuequan、Chen BangzhanAnd other celebrities gathered together in Jinling Poetry Society, sang with each other, and compiled 8 volumes of Jinling Society Collection.Poems, which are fresh and desirable and care about current affairs, have a good reputation in the literary world of the Ming Dynasty.AndHuzhoufriendWu Jiadeng、Wu Mengyang、Mao Wei, and“WuxingFour sons ".
AndTang Xianzu、Wang ShizhenBe friendly.He once said that "my family has many secret scripts of Zaju".He was a bibliophile who collected and printed operas and dramas in the Ming Dynasty.There are "Negative Bud Hall", "Carving Insect Hall", etcWang Shizhen, Hubei Liu Yanbo, Fujian Yang Family and Jiacang Zaju, selected 100 works and revised them into "Selected Yuan Opera", which once borrowed 200 kinds of Zaju from Hubei Liu YanboYuan ZajuSpread and contribute.Tang Xianzu's Four Dreams of Yuming Hall was adapted.Collected Poems and Essays"Negative Bud Hall Draft"And compiled "Hundred Kinds of Songs of Yuan People" and "Ancient Poetry Institute"《Tang Poetry Institute》Ming Ren's Solution to the Bibliography of Sino Japanese Relations, etc.
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Seeing that the culture in his hometown is developed and the opera is popular, he has a desire to compile and print miscellaneous dramas. He collects scattered Yuan Opera and poetry manuscripts everywhere by making use of famous nobles, in laws, teachers and friends, and the relationship of the same year.Visiting books from afar in Langling, Henan (Queshan County today)HuguangMacheng (today's Hubei Province) and other places have widely searched for copies of zaju, set up printing workshops in their hometown, selected, edited and carved books by themselves, and personally presided over the distribution of books, becoming the first generation of representative private publishers in China.At the age of 67, he compiled 100 volumes of Selected Yuanqu and 1 volume of pictures, which were well collated.Compiled and published《Four Dreams of Yuming Hall》(written by Tang Xianzu), Correcting the Ancient Jingchai, Changing the Epiphyllum, Breaking Gold in Liubo (8 volumes), Zuoyi Ci (24 volumes), Jinling Society Collection (8 volumes), Zuo Shisuo (56 volumes)《Tang Poetry Institute》47 volumes, 100 volumes of Yuan Opera Selections, 10 volumes of Chess Movements, Four Editions of Xiaoke BingyuanTanciThe total number of words in Xianyou Lu, Sleepwalking Lu, etc. is more than 3 million words.He has written "Supplement to Selected Works", "Collection of Negative Bud Hall", "Draft of Negative Bud Hall", "Selected Poems of Negative Bud Hall", etc.Calligraphy, and proficient in music.[3]
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Zang Maoxun's contribution to the theory of opera is mainly to summarize and promote the formalism tendency of opera creation from stage performance to desk workYuan ZajuThe creative experience offood for displayStories and words are just the purpose of his compilation of Selected Yuan Opera.
He advocated that the creation of operas should be characterized by stable lyrics, compact eyes, and harmonious rhythm. As for the deletion of the original works of Yuan Opera in the Selected Works of Yuan Opera, there has always been mixed praise and criticism, but it has played an important role in the preservation and spread of Yuan Opera.However, he compiled 100 kinds of Yuan people's dramas, so that the precious opera heritage can be preserved and widely spread.
