Haigetsu-tei

(1) A zaju (miscellaneous opera) from the Yuan Dynasty in China, written by Guan Hanqing. Set against the backdrop of war between the Jin and Mongolian Empires, the daughter of an aristocrat, Wang Ruilan, and the clerk Jiang Shilong are separated due to their different family backgrounds, but Ruilan overcomes her father's opposition and finally marries Shilong, who has passed the exam to become a licensed statesman. The play sings of Ruilan's passion and pure feelings as she seeks a free marriage despite being placed in a feudal environment. The title comes from a scene in the play in which Ruilan and a girl under the protection of the royal family (who is actually Shilong's sister) burn incense in the garden and pray to the new moon for a reunion with Shilong. The official name of the play is "The Pavilion of the Cursed Beauty and the Moon." (2) A Nanqu piece that follows the structure of Guan Hanqing's "Baiyueting" but is revised into a long piece of 40 scenes. The author is unknown. One theory is that it was written by Shi Hui of the Yuan Dynasty. It is a masterpiece of Nanqu, on a par with "Biwaji." The original has already been lost, and the extant text was edited by people of the Ming Dynasty, and the title was changed to "Yukeiji."

[Keiko Hiramatsu]

"Haigetsu-tei (translated by Hamaichi)" (included in "Chinese Classical Literature Series 52", 1970, Heibonsha)" ▽ "The Complete Works of Aoki Masaji 3: History of Chinese Drama in the Early Modern Period" (1962, Shunjusha)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

（1）中国、元代の雑劇。関漢卿(かんかんけい)作。金とモンゴルの戦乱を背景に、貴族の娘、王瑞蘭(おうずいらん)と書生蒋世隆(しょうせいりゅう)は、家柄の違いを理由に仲を裂かれるが、瑞蘭は父の反対を押し切り、ついに状元(じょうげん)に合格した世隆と結ばれる。封建的な環境に置かれた瑞蘭が自由な結婚を目ざす情熱と純粋な心情をうたう劇である。題名は、劇中、瑞蘭と王家に保護されている娘（実は世隆の妹）が庭で香を焚(た)き、新月に対し世隆との再会を祈る場面に由来する。劇の正式名は『閨怨佳人(けいえんかじん)拝月亭』。（2）関漢卿の『拝月亭』の構成を踏襲し40齣(せき)（場）の長編に改めた南曲。作者不明。一説に元の施恵(しけい)の作といわれる。『琵琶(びわ)記』と並ぶ南曲の傑作。原本はすでに失われ、現存テキストは明(みん)人の手が加えられ、題名も『幽閨(ゆうけい)記』と改称されている。

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『浜一衛訳『拝月亭』（『中国古典文学大系52』所収・1970・平凡社）』▽『『青木正児全集3　支那近世戯曲史』（1962・春秋社）』

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