不久之前,有的地方某些剧团,上演了《七侠五义》《火烧红莲寺》《荒江女侠》等武侠、剑侠戏,这些戏从解放以来,绝大多数剧团已经长久不演了。演出之后,在观众中、在评论界都引起了争论。争论所涉及的方面很广,如神话与迷信的问题,生活真实与艺术真实的问题,以及对群众发生的影响问题等等,其中最主要的,则是究竟如何评价文学、戏剧作品中武侠、剑侠这类人物的问题。从讨论的文章看,对这个问题的看法,大致可归纳为两种意见:一种是肯定的,理由是在这些武侠、剑侠的身上,寄托着古代人民祈求解脱苦难、争取幸福的美好愿望,它们是“善”的化身,而戏中所描写的“善”和“恶”的斗争,实际上是反映当时社会中阶级斗争真实图景的艺术概括;另一种是否定的,理由恰好相反,认为把武侠、剑侠描写成“超人”和“救世主”,歪曲了当时社会生活中的阶 Not long ago, some theatrical troupes in some places staged martial arts and swordsman operas such as “The Seven Swordsmen and Five Wickednesses”, “Red Lotus Temple” and “The Woman of the Yellow River.” Since the liberation, most of the troupes have not performed for a long time . After the show, the audience, in the critics have caused controversy. The controversy involves a wide range of issues, such as myths and superstitions, real life and the true art issues, as well as the impact on the masses and so on, the most important of which is how to evaluate literary, dramatic works of martial arts, The problem of these characters of swordsman. Judging from the articles under discussion, the views on this issue can be broadly divided into two opinions: one is affirmative; the reason is that the ancient people, on the basis of these martial arts and swordsmen, are entrusted with the good wishes of the ancient people to pray for the relief of suffering and their happiness. In fact, the struggle between “good” and “evil” depicted in the play is actually an artistic summary of the true picture of the class struggle in society at that time. The other is that the opposite is true, That the martial arts, Jian-Xia described as “superman” and “savior”, distorted the order of social life at the time