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Logic and Irony in the Drama of the Orphan of Zhao 趙氏孤児
再演されるドラマ : 元雑劇「趙氏孤児」試論
廣瀬, 玲子
155301
The Orphan of Zhao is a masterpiece of Yuan drama. The story is based on the historical records on Jin 晋 state during the Spring and Autumn period, such as Chunqiu Zuoshizhuan 春秋左氏伝 and Shiji 史記.
The synopsis of the play is as follows. In the era of Duke Ling 霊公, General Tu’an Gu 屠岸賈 had the hatred towards Minister Zhao Dun 趙盾. Tu’an Gu intended to kill every member of the family and the Zhao family faced the extinction. Under the conspiracy of Tu’an Gu, the last member Zhao Shuo 趙朔, the son of Zhao Dun, was falsely condemned and was forced to kill himself. His wife was pregnant then and gave birth to a boy after Zhao Shuo’s death. Cheng Ying 程嬰, who was the home doctor of Zhao family, hid the orphan in the medicine chest and took him out of the palace. Tu’an Gu, knowing that the orphan was hidden, decided to kill all infants in Jin if the orphan in the search was not found. Facing this situation, Cheng Ying consulted the retired minister Gongsun Chujiu 公孫杵 臼 and proposed a plan to save the life of the orphan. According to the plan, Cheng took his own son to Gongsun and then informed Tu’an Gu of his place, pretending that he was the orphan in the search. Tu’an Gu was deceived by their acting and killed the child whom he believed to be the orphan. Tu’an Gu was satisfied and adopted Cheng Ying’s son, who is in fact, the orphan. After twenty years, Chen Ying told the orphan the truth. The orphan immediately carried out his revenge.
Although the historical records serve as the outline source of the story, they do not provide details. The author discusses how this play successfully supplemented the lacking details with logical and plausible reasoning, in conjunction with addition of effective dramatic imagination. Along with the dramatic irony of Tu’an Gu who was unaware of the truth, the Orphan of Zhao has achieved the popularity as a well-constructed drama.
departmental bulletin paper
東京大学東洋文化研究所
2019-03-29
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東洋文化研究所紀要 = The memoirs of Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia
175
39
65
AN00170926
05638089
https://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/record/51928/files/ioc175002.pdf
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