He Liangjun

He Liangjun

He Liangjun (1506-1573), with the name of Yuen Long and the name of Zhehu, was a drama theorist in Ming Dynasty and a native of Huating in Songjiang (now Zhelin, Fengxian, Shanghai). In his youth, he studied poetry and liked opera. He was a Gongsheng at the time of Jiajing, and was recommended to be granted the title of Confucius in Nanjing Imperial Academy. He once hired the famous old composer Dunren to discuss the melody of traditional opera. Later, he resigned from his official post and retired to write because he was not satisfied with his official career. He claimed to be friends with Zhuang Zhou, Wang Wei and Bai Juyi, and the title study was called "four friends studio". His works include Zhehu collection, he Yulin and siyouzhaicong Shuo. His theory of drama is published in Volume 37 of Si you Zhai Cong Shuo, with 30 articles in total. The collection of ancient studies and Xu fuzuo's sanjiacun laoweitan are entitled he Yuanlong and Xu Yangchu's treatises respectively, and then included in the collection of Chinese classical opera treatises.

brief introduction

He Liangjun (1506-1573) was an opera theorist and book collector in Ming Dynasty. Yuen Long, Zhehu, Zhehu Jushi. Ming Huating Zhelin people (now Zhelin Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai) people. When he was young, he studied hard and studied for 20 years behind closed doors. He Liangfu and his younger brother were called "two Lu" at that time. Gongsheng of Jiajing, who was recommended to be Confucius of Nanjing Imperial Academy, was frustrated in his official career, so he lived in seclusion and wrote works. He claimed to be friends with Zhuang Zhou, Wang Wei and Bai Juyi, and his study was called siyouzhai. Qu shidunren was invited to discuss the melody of traditional Chinese opera. I like to collect books. I have a library at home. When there were different books, they ignored hunger and cold, and paid for food and clothing. They had more than 40000 volumes and more than 100 famous paintings. He built "Qingsen Pavilion" and "Wangyang tower" on the sea, and specialized in collecting books, famous paintings, gold and stone. He claimed to be friends with Zhuang Zhou, Wang Wei and Bai Juyi, so he named his study "four friends studio". The collection is printed with "he Yuanlong of Donghai", "Zhehu Jushi", "Zixi Zhenyi", "Lu chenjinmamen", "qingsenge calligraphy and painting seal", "Liangshan", "Juli Qingshang" and other seals. The book collection was destroyed by Japanese pirates. There are Liu Xiang's Shuoyuan, Xinxu and he's Yulin published books. He's Yulin is a famous historical note in the Ming Dynasty, which claims to imitate Liu Yiqing's Shishuoxinyu. "I'm afraid that the later classics will fade away, the old news will be lost, and there are many remains. Therefore, if you read all the books and write down everything, you can't be as good as Shishuo. ". More than 2700 words and deeds of scholars from the Han Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty were collected from Historical Biographies and notes, together with the original book Shishuoxinyu.

The theory of traditional Chinese opera

He Liangjun's opera theory has two propositions: one is to advocate writing scripts in natural language, which should be "beautiful and plain clothes, natural and beautiful", and should not be "Shi Zhu Fu Fen, portray too much", and put forward bold criticism on "the romance of the West Chamber" and "the story of the pipa"; the other is to prefer poor sentences to abide by the rules. His proposition is rather biased. His opera theory had a great influence on Wujiang school headed by Shen Jing in Wanli period.

Main works

His works include Zhehu collection, he Yulin, siyouzhai congshuo and calligraphy and painting mingxinlu. His theory of drama can be found in the 37th volume of "Si you Zhai Cong Shuo", which contains 30 articles. Later generations compiled he Yuanlong's treatise on music.

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