On the Idealistic Turns and Theoretic Innovation of the Drama Criticism of the Yuan Dynasty

The drama criticism of Yuan Dynasty is the indispensable part of Chinese ancient drama. Its ideas which range from compilation, body knowledge, function perception and writer appraisal to good actor recommendation have exhibited a brand-new turn. It not only preliminarily put forward such important categories as drama evolution, drama performance, the course of drama's change and development, but also began to explain the basic principle of drama and founded its theoretical system. It has established unparalleled solid foundation for the development of Chinese ancient drama.