A Study On Cheng Jiasui’s Opera Activities from the relation of Litertati and
Chinese Opera Perspective
ZHANG Lijuan
Abstract: The previous studies of Cheng Jiasui (1565–1643) have been mainly focused on his identity as a commoner poet and as a painter. In fact, Cheng Jiasui was also well versed in music and theatre. His daily engagement with opera and musical performance is prominently recorded in his poetry about theatre observation, which embodies an integration and interplay in his distinct art forms of poetry, painting, and music-drama. Cheng Jiasui’s frequent participation in theatrical and musical activities was rooted in his own musical competence, his passion for opera, and his ability to perform, and was further enabled by the culture of social banqueting in the late Ming dynasty, which provided ample samples for such pursuits. The examination of Cheng Jiasui’s opera activities not only allows for a more multidimensional and nuanced understanding of this commoner poet, but also sheds light on the banquet-centered lifestyle of Jiangnan literati in a broader context of the late Ming Society.
Key words: Cheng Jiasui; Theatregoing; Social Banqueting
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