Yao Yiwei

Yao Yiwei

Yao Yiwei is a Taiwan dramatist and literary theorist. Its original name is Gongwei, and its character is Yiwei. He has a broad vision and has the courage to explore. From content to form, his plays constantly explore and pursue an artistic expression that integrates the essence of Chinese and Western drama. He often casts some modern and brand-new ideas in a pure Chinese story frame. He not only drew artistic expression from China's ancient drama tradition, folk song and dance, shadow play, drum script, Tanci, juggling and other folk arts, but also boldly drew lessons from the drama techniques of foreign mask, mime, song team, symbolism and other schools, from realism to abstraction, and successfully used them to serve the content. His works are clear and gratifying, with endless implications, and are deeply loved by readers.

Personage introduction

Yao Yiwei (1922-1997), male, was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province in 1922. His real name is Yao Gongwei. in 1980, the first "experimental drama Exhibition" was born, and in 1982, the drama department of art college was founded. He died in Taipei in 1997 at the age of 76. Yao Yiwei, who was always known as "Yao Lao" in the cultural circles, and Li Mangui, who founded the "Chinese drama appreciation and performance committee" and gave birth to the "world drama Exhibition" and "Youth Drama Exhibition", are quite representative figures in the early stage of Taiwan's drama development history.

Life experience

In 1938, when he was 16 years old, he entered Ji'an middle school. After years of war, he moved with the school. Later, he was admitted to Xiamen University and moved to Changting. His husband still had to live in the school. After graduating in 1946, Yao Yiwei came to Taiwan to take office. However, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait were suddenly isolated. It was not until 51 years later, in 1989, that he returned to his hometown. In 1946, he went to Taiwan, first worked in the Bank of Taiwan, and then taught drama theory and literary theory in various universities. He has worked in the Bank of Taiwan for 36 years. He does not seek promotion, but food and clothing. He enjoys reading all his life and takes writing, writing and teaching as his ambition. He firmly believes in the traditional humanistic spirit and the belief in classical aesthetics. He is rigorous in his academic research and profound in artistic conception. He has made remarkable achievements in drama, aesthetics, theory, criticism, prose and other fields. Since the 1950s, he has participated in the editing of important literary journals such as Bihui, literary review, modern literature, etc., promoted the backward, explored the talented people, spared no effort, and was praised as "the lamp holder in the dark night" by the literary circles.

development

Prose is mainly divided into narrative prose, lyric prose, philosophical prose and argumentative prose. in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, when there were characters, there were essays recording history. In the Zhou Dynasty, the historiographers of the vassal states further recorded the historical facts among the countries with simple language and simple words, such as the spring and Autumn Annals. With the needs of the times, historical literature describing the reality came into being, including Zuozhuan, Guoyu, ZhanGuoCe and other historical works. Zuozhuan, also known as zuozhichunqiu, is the abbreviation of zuozhizhuan. It is said that zuozhichunqiu was written by Zuo Qiuming, a historian of the state of Lu at the end of the spring and Autumn period, with a total of 180000 words. It records the political, military, diplomatic activities and speeches of various countries during the 240 years of the spring and Autumn period, as well as the affairs of the way of heaven, ghosts, gods, disasters and divination. The narration of this book is dramatic, the plot is compact, the description of the war is particularly excellent, the language is refined, and the image is rich. Guoyu is a history of different countries. It records the events of the Zhou Dynasty and other countries (bc990-bc353). It records more words than events. Most of the records are the words of the enlightened nobles who had more foresight at that time. The author of ZhanGuoCe can not be examined. The current edition is compiled by Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty. Like Guoyu, it also records the events of the western and Eastern Zhou dynasties, Qin, Qi, Chu, Zhao and other countries. The contents are all kinds of activities and speeches of counsellors. The characteristic of the article is that it is good at telling stories, good at using metaphors, and vivid in character creation. Pre Qin historical prose has laid a foundation for Chinese historical literature and has a profound influence on later historians and ancient writers. the turn of the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period was an era of great social change. Various academic schools wrote books and argued endlessly, forming a situation of contention among a hundred schools of thought. The works of thinkers representing different classes or strata promote the development of reasoning prose. These thinkers include Confucianists, Mohists, Taoists, Legalists and so on. The books that record their opinions spread to the present include the Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Mozi, Zhuangzi, Hanfeizi and so on. The Analects of Confucius and Mencius are Confucian works of interpreting "benevolence". The Analects of Confucius records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, most of which are short talks and questions and answers. Mencius records Mencius Ke's speech. Meng Ke is good at debating, so the language in the book is bright and inspiring. Mo Zi represents Mo Zhai's idea of "liking" with simple language, clear reasoning and strong logicality. The chapters of universal love and FeiGong are very representative. Zhuangzi represents Zhuangzi's idea of "governing by inaction". Zhuangzi's prose has its own charm. This is reflected in the author's fantastic imagination and keen observation, good use of folk fables, good at metaphor, making the article full of literary interest. Han Feizi represents the legalist school's idea of "adjusting measures to circumstances". Han Fei's prose has a rigorous structure, sharp edge and profound reasoning. Xunzi is the representative of Xunzi's theory. There are 32 of them. Xunzi's proses are characterized by clear arguments, clear levels, concise syntax and rich vocabulary. Lu's spring and Autumn Annals is the collective creation of Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of Qin Dynasty. It includes Ba LAN, Liu Lun, and 12 Ji, and includes Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalism, and agriculture. A large number of documents and anecdotes from the pre Qin period are preserved in the book. It is a systematic, collection of many single argumentation, layer by layer in-depth, the most organized. Like other prose, it often uses fables as metaphors, so the article is full of images. the argumentative prose of the pre Qin philosophers had an obvious influence on the development of the prose of later generations, both in thought and in artistic style. In the early Han Dynasty, political prose developed. Jia Yi (200-168 B.C.) is an outstanding writer in the early Western Han Dynasty. His article on passing the Qin Dynasty summarizes the reasons for the collapse of the Qin Dynasty, draws lessons from the peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and develops the people-oriented thought of the pre Qin Dynasty. His prose is good at metaphor, and his language is full of imagery. he was a member of Lianhe Bao's Literature Award Committee, Professor of Art Research Institute of China University of culture and director of drama group. It holds that literature should reflect the essence of human nature and pay attention to artistic expression. In 1980, the first "experimental drama Exhibition" was born. In 1982, the drama department of art college was founded. Yao Yiwei devoted almost all his life to Taiwan's literature and drama. In Taiwan's drama circle, he played three roles: playwright, literary theorist and teacher, and was widely respected by the art circle. He died in 1997 in Taipei at the age of 76. Yao Yiwei, who was always known as "Yao Lao" in the cultural circles, and Li Mangui, who founded the "Chinese drama appreciation and performance committee" and gave birth to the "world drama Exhibition" and "Youth Drama Exhibition", are quite representative figures in the early stage of Taiwan's drama development history. In the 1960s and 1970s, when information was scarce and materials were scarce, they co hosted the drama troupe of the Institute of Arts and culture, which was the diamond period in the history of theater education in Taiwan. The common characteristics of the three cultural giants are deep education, high moral character, extreme love for talent, and spare no effort to promote backward. Mr. Li and Mr. Yu passed away one after another in 1975 and 1977. In the past 20 years, Yao Yiwei has continued to stick to his post of salary transmission, and has never been slack. Even in the summer of 2000, three and a half years after Yao Yiwei's death, she participated in Miss X, the opening play of the third Chinese Drama Festival held in Taipei in memory of Yao Yiwei. In the case of financial difficulties, the teachers and students, alumni and drama movement partners who directly or indirectly benefited from Yao Yiwei's drama education, regardless of their remuneration, fully devoted themselves to it and introduced Yao Yiwei's drama spirit with the most exquisite performance To the Chinese Theatre comrades from three places on both sides of the Taiwan Straits and many countries in the world. In terms of drama education and drama movement, Yao Yiwei has taught for more than 20 years at the age of 35 in the art college, the political war school, the Art Institute of the Chinese Academy of culture, and the Department of film and drama. In 1982, he retired from the Bank of Taiwan ahead of schedule, devoted himself to the founding of the art college, and founded the Department of drama. He has devoted himself to education for 40 years and cultivated countless talents. In particular, he has presided over five experimental theatrical exhibitions to promote the modernization of Taiwan's theatres and cultivated many creative and educational talents. He is widely known as the "mentor of the generation" by theater people. The creation is mainly based on the script, revealing the deep human nature through the performance of the characters, which can be read and played.

personal works

There are literary works such as the mystery of art, the category of beauty, drama anthology, literature anthology, drama and literature, and dramas such as people from Phoenix Town, Nianyu Guanyin, red nose, Shensheng, a box, Fu Qingzhu, let's walk together, Zuo Botao, legend of big tree god, Mawei post In addition, he also made some comments on his essays, such as "on literature", "Yao Yiwei's works", "appreciation and criticism", "drama and literature", "talking about life", "drama and life - Yao Yiwei's comments".

Educational ambition

With a number of assets such as playwrights, drama theorists, aestheticians and critics, Yao Yiwei's spiritual leadership has gradually taken shape in the desolate Taiwan theater in the 1970s. However, the turning point of Yao Yiwei's promotion of Taiwan theater reform movement can be traced back to 1964 when Zhang Longyan, the president of the art college, invited him. Since then, Yao Yiwei, 35 years old, has stepped into Xingtan. Yao Yiwei stepped into Xingtan unexpectedly. When he worked in the Bank of Taiwan, he also taught successively

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