《琵琶记》情节纰漏成因探析

对于<琵琶记>的情节纰漏问题,明清以来多有批评和辩护,但未对其成因予以深入的探析,且所据例证并不详尽,这有碍于对此问题作出合理的分析和恰当的评判.在以陆抄本为中心梳理<琵琶记>各版本的情节纰漏基础上加以判析,可发现造成这些情节纰漏的原因有三:民间戏文<赵贞女蔡二郎>的遗留;高则诚改创过程所致;明人抄改过程所致.<琵琶记>的情节纰漏问题反映出民间南戏向文人南戏过渡、发展过程中带有的一些普遍性问题、规律性特征.

A Probe into the cause of the Plot Mistakes in The Tale of Pipa

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties,there have been many criticisms and explanations on the plot mistakes in The Tale of Pipa,but they neither probed into the cause of the mistakes and nor provided detailed evidences,which makes it impossible to reach a justifiable conclusion. Based on Lu's duplicate copy of The Tale of Pipa and the analysis of other different editions,this paper concludes that there are three aspects which can explain the plot mistakes in it. One is caused by the folk drama Zhao Zhennu and C...