The Study of Yuan Drama by Li Chunxiang

The History of The Poetic Drama of Yuan Dynasty by Li Chunxiang is considered as first history book of the poetic drama of Yuan dynasty.The book studies Yuan drama all-round and it is a vanguard of the study of Yuan drama in present age.Mr.Li Chunxiang proposed and proved that The Stories of Ghosts and Deities by Zhong Sicheng was the very first work of drama.This judgment means that the time when the study of drama appeared in ancient China was 600 years earlier.Mr.Li also had keen insight of Bao Gong drama,the study of the local places of Yuan drama and the non-drama song in Yuan dynasty.His study achievement is comprehensive,all-sided and it combined macroscopic research with microscopic research.His achievement is generally praised by the academic circles.