易平在《戏剧有一个定义吗?》(载《戏剧景观》1987年第一期》)一文中说,有许多人试图给戏剧下一个定义,即找出一个每一个戏中都必须有的,而在别的艺术形式中绝对不存在的因素。但这些定义不能自圆其说。一曰:戏剧是人学。但许多别的艺术种类都可称之为人学。二曰:戏剧是剧场艺术,但它只不过是戏剧所必须依赖的物质形式,并不能揭示戏剧中的艺术规律。三曰:戏剧应回到汉代“百戏”的水平上,要用“戏剧”一词来取代较宽泛的概念——“表演”。其实艺术是没有种类的区别的,艺术的种种概 Eiping, in “Is There a Definition of Drama?” (In The Drama Landscape, Issue 1, 1987) states that there are many who try to give the theater a definition of what must be found in every drama , But absolutely nonexistent in other art forms. But these definitions can not be justified. First, drama is human learning. But many other art genres can be called human studies. Second, drama is theater art, but it is nothing more than the material form that drama must depend on and does not reveal the artistic laws of drama. Sanyue: The drama should be returned to the level of “one hundred plays” in the Han Dynasty. The term “drama” should be used instead of the broader concept of “performance.” In fact, art is not the kind of difference, all kinds of art