元代戏曲理论中的中国戏曲史

与元杂剧创作的繁盛相比较，元代没有相称的戏曲理论，因而人们在研究元代戏曲时，多注重作家作品，而忽视元人关于戏曲的理论，事实上，元人关于戏曲的理论虽然零散，但只有披沙捡金，就会发现，元人已从关于戏曲文体流变的研究入手，开始了中国戏曲史的初步建构，这一贡献，具有戏曲的早期史学价值。

The History of the Chinese Traditional Opera in the Operatic Theory in Yuan Dynasty

In the studies of the opera in Yuan Dynasty, more attention is paid to the operatic works than to the operatic theory. Virtually scholars in Yuan Dynasty had their theories of opera, though unsystematically or in disorder. However, thorough study reveals that the scholars in Yuan Dynasty, who started with the stylistic evolution, did approach the stylistic characteristics of the poetic drama and the relationship between its origin and development, thus setting up the framework by stages of Yuan Dynasty and possessing an embryonic form of drama history.