陈雅新：《英藏19世纪初戏曲题材外销画初探——以<回书见父>为例》，《戏曲艺术》2020年第4期。
【内容摘要】大英图书馆、大英博物馆藏有19世纪初绘有39出戏曲演出场景的外销画46幅。其中《回书见父》一画所绘戏剧，符合富春堂本《白兔记》剧本系统，应是广州外江湖南班所演之昆腔戏，可为《白兔记》、湘剧史和广东戏剧史研究提供佐证。画中呈现了乾嘉时期戏曲服饰、道具的形制，与清代戏衣、戏画等对比，隐约可见乾嘉以降戏曲舞美“由简至繁”的风格演变，可资戏曲舞美研究与设计参考。这批画在“花雅争”、“乾嘉传统”的诠释、戏曲藉图像的域外传播与中西文化交流等方面也具有参考价值。
【关键词】外销画；戏曲；戏画；《白兔记》；《回书见父》
A Preliminary Exploration of the Early 19th Century Chinese Export Paintings Collected in Britain: While Delivering the Answer He Meets His Father as a Case Study
Chen Yaxin
Abstract: Forty-six Chinese export paintings produced in the 19th century were collected in the British Library and the British Museum. These paintings were created based on performances of 39 Chinese operas. Taking While Delivering the Answer He Meets His Father, one of the paintings, as a case study, the article argues that it was drawn based on the Fuchuntang edition of the Chinese opera A Legend behind the Rabbit Hunting Journey that should be the Kun opera performed by an extra-Guangzhou Hunan troupe. A critical analysis of the painting and its corresponding opera can be of great help for the exploration of various editions of the opera, the history of Hunan opera, and the history of Guangdong opera. A comparison of the opera costumes and props produced in the period under Emperor Qianlong’s reign (1735-1796) and Emperor Jiaqing’s reign (1796-1820) present in the painting and those reflected in the opera costumes and opera paintings produced in the later period of Qing Dynasty reveals that the styles of opera costumes and props have evolved from simplicity to sophistication, which can shed light on today’s research on and design of opera costumes and props. Also, these 46 export paintings are reliable archival materials for the interpretation of the “Yabu and Huabu contest” (namely, the contest between the elegant Kun opera and other ordinary forms of operas), “Kun Opera Tradition under Emperor Qianlong and Emperor Jiaqing’s Reigns” and for the dissemination of Chinese opera-themed paintings internationally, as well as for promoting cultural communication between China and the West.
Keywords: Chinese export paintings, Chinese opera, opera paintings, A Legend behind the Rabbit Hunting Journey , While Delivering the Answer He Meets His Father
