清代的鼓书、唱曲中,有一种名为“子弟书”的品种。这种“子弟书”是清代流传于满族八旗子弟中的一种曲艺形式,也叫“清音子弟书”。清代乾隆年间开始兴起,后盛行于北京,在天津和东北地区也颇为流行,至清末而衰落。清·震钧《天咫偶闻》中说:“旧日鼓词,有所谓子弟书者,创始于八旗子弟,其词雅训,其声和缓,有东城调、西城调之分。”据郑振铎在《中国俗文学史》中说:“‘西调’(即‘西城调’)是靡靡之音,写‘杨柳岸晓风残月’一类的故事的。‘东调’(即‘东城调’)则是慷慨激昂的歌声,有‘大江东去’之风的。”在艺术形式上,“子弟书”多以七字为句,句中常 Drums in the Qing Dynasty, singing songs, there is a called “children book” varieties. This “book of children” is a kind of folk art circulated in the Eight Banners of the Manchu in the Qing Dynasty, also known as “voiceless brother book.” The rise of Qianlong in Qing dynasty began to flourish in Peking, but also prevailed in Tianjin and Northeast China until the late Qing dynasty. Qing Zhen Jun, “Tianwen even heard” said: “The old drums, the so-called siblings, founded in the Eight Banners, its elegant training, its sound and ease, with the East transfer, the West tune.” According to In “History of Chinese Popular Literature,” Zheng Zhenduo said: “The ’Western tune’ (ie ’Xicheng tune’) is the word for extravagant music written in the story of ’Willow Shore Xiaofeng Canyue’ Tune ’) is the impassioned song, there is’ big river east’ style. ”In the art form,“ children’s book ”mostly seven words, sentence often