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A Study of The Bai-tu ji Chinese Classical Drama

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15520223
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

TAKAHASHI Bunji  Osaka University, Graduate School of Letter, Professor, 文学研究科, 教授 (00154857)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
KeywordsClassical Drama of China / Nan-xi / Bai-tu ji / The edition Ji-gu-ge / The edition Fu-chun-tang / Liu Zhi-yuan / Li San-niang / Liu Zhi-yuan zhu-gong diao / 戯文 / 白兎記 / 成化刊本 / 中国伝統演劇 / 戯曲文学 / 白話 / 成化本 / 四大南戯
Research Abstract

The story of Liu Zhi-yuan and his wife Li San-niang is a popular tale that has been handed down by many generations of Chinese. It is evident that Buddhist tales had an influence on the development of this story, and in the present study I had set out to demonstrate this primarity with reference to the Liu Zhi-yuan zhu-gong diao and Fou-shuo xiao-shun-zi xiu-xing cheng-fou jing. The Liu Zhi-yuan zhu-gong diao is the oldest text to deal with the story of Liu Zhi-yuan and his wife Li San-niang, and it probably dates from the time of the Chin dynasty, while the Fou-shuo xiao-shun-zi xiu-xing cheng-fou jing has survived amang the Dun-huang manuscripts (Peking No.8300). If we compare these two texts, paying special attention to Li San-niang and her son, they are found to have the following points in common with respect to the unfolding of the tale : (1)The story as a whole may be characterized as a tale of the separation and reunion of the prince and his mother. (2)In both cases the mother becomes a slave in a mill. (3)In both cases the prince visits his mother but departs with neither of them having revealed their identity. (4)In the concluding section, when the father proposes to take revenge on those who have persecuted the mother, it is the son who stops him from doing so.
In addition, at the end of the Liu Zhi-yuan zhu-gong diao a divine power causes Li San-niang's hair to miraculously grow, and this episode is presumably due to the influence of Buddhist tales. The Liu, Zhi-yuan zhu-gong diao also makes frequent use of Buddhist terms, which are not often used in Chinese novels and drama.
On the basis of the above observations, it is to be surmised that the Liu Zhi-yuan zhu-gong diao was composed following the gradual Sinicization and secularization of Buddhist tales that had entered China, and when compared with the Bai-tuji, it may be described as a work reflecting a transitional stage in the process of Sinicization and secularization.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 2003 Other

All Journal Article (11 results) Book (1 results) Publications (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 成化本『白兎記』訳註稿(三)2005

    • Author(s)
      加藤 聰, 高橋文治, 他3名
    • Journal Title

      中国研究集刊 37

      Pages: 94-111

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 成化本『白兎記」訳註稿(四)2005

    • Author(s)
      加藤聰, 高橋文治, 他13名
    • Journal Title

      中国研究集刊 39

      Pages: 151-194

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Notes and Translation on The Bai-tu ji (3)2005

    • Author(s)
      Katou Satosi, Takahashi Bunji, three others
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Chinese Studies (37)

      Pages: 94-111

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Notes and Translation on The Bai-tu ji (4)2005

    • Author(s)
      Katou Satosi, Takahashi Bunji, thirteen others
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Chinese Studies (39)

      Pages: 151-194

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 成化本『白兎記』訳注稿(3)2005

    • Author(s)
      加藤聰, 葛葉礼, 高橋文治, 他5名
    • Journal Title

      中国研究集刊 37

      Pages: 94-111

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 成化本『白兎記』訳注稿(4)2005

    • Author(s)
      加藤聰, 葛葉礼, 高橋文治, 他13名
    • Journal Title

      中国研究集刊 39

      Pages: 151-193

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 成化本『白兎記』訳註稿(二)2004

    • Author(s)
      加藤聰, 高橋文治, 他5名
    • Journal Title

      中国研究集刊 35

      Pages: 84-138

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Notes and Translation on The Bai-tu ji (2)2004

    • Author(s)
      Katou Satosi, Takahashi Bunji, five others
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Chinese Studies (35)

      Pages: 84-138

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 成化本『白兎記』訳注稿(2)2004

    • Author(s)
      高橋文治 他6名
    • Journal Title

      中国研究集刊 35

      Pages: 84-138

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 成化本『白兎記』訳註稿(一)2003

    • Author(s)
      加藤聰, 高橋文治, 他6名
    • Journal Title

      中国研究集刊 32

      Pages: 52-98

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Notes and Translation on The Bai-tu ji (1)2003

    • Author(s)
      Katou Satosi, Takahashi Bunji, six others
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Chinese Studies (32)

      Pages: 52-98

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 成化本『白兎記』の研究2006

    • Author(s)
      加藤聰, 高橋文治, 他11名
    • Total Pages
      422
    • Publisher
      汲古書院
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 高橋文治, 加藤聡 他6名: "成化本『白兎記』訳注稿(1)"中国研究集刊. 32号. 52-98 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 高橋文治, 加藤聡 他4名: "成化本『白兎記』訳注稿(2)"中国研究集刊. 34号. (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2003-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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