《中国戏曲史论集》(以下简称论集),是张燕瑾的论文结集。26篇学术论文纪录下著作者在戏曲研究领域的新探索、新见解。《论集》主要是从文学角度来探讨戏剧史问题,核心应当是剧本史。但著作者另有一个大视角,即又从综合艺术的角度来观察,旁及作家、演员、剧场、观众;从剧场演出来说,涉及音乐、美术、灯光诸因素。这样就摆脱了孤立片面的案头论讨,有可能立体全面地认识中国戏剧现象。张燕瑾认为,戏剧题材内容之不断拓展和深化,艺术手法之日益丰富和完善的过程,构成了戏剧发展历史的主干。对于戏曲在元代繁荣的原因,张燕瑾提出当时道德上受封建伦理观念束缚少,形成思想解放的思潮,涉及男女婚恋问题更加大胆,真情直露。文网松弛,剧作家敢于干预生活,作民众的喉 “Chinese Opera History Collection” (hereinafter referred to as the collection), is Zhang Yanjin’s essay collection. Twenty-six academic papers have recorded the new explorations and new insights of authors in the field of drama studies. The “Theory Collection” mainly discusses the issue of drama history from the angle of literature, and the core of it should be the history of script. However, there is another big perspective on the author, that is, from the point of view of comprehensive arts, there are writers, actors, theaters and audiences. From the performance of the theater, it involves music, art and lighting. In this way, it is possible to get rid of the isolated one-sided discussion of the case and make it possible to understand the phenomenon of Chinese drama three-dimensionally and comprehensively. Zhang Yanjin believes that the continuous expansion and deepening of the contents of drama themes and the increasingly rich and refined artistic techniques constitute the backbone of the history of drama development. For the reason why the opera prospered in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Yanjin proposed that there should be less moral constraints on feudal moral morals at that time and form a trend of emancipation of minds. The issue of marriage and love involving men and women is more daring and straightforward. Literature network relaxation, dramatists dare to interfere in life, as the throat of the public