明代万历时期的汤沈之争是戏剧史上影响深远的一桩公案,学界对此曾有激烈的争论和深入的研究,但尚无研究者从宗元的视角对这一问题作整体观照,这是本文立论的前提。汤、沈所争论的问题并非一个全新的理论难题,而是对在元代后期就已然解决了的文、律关系问题在新的历史语境中的重提;汤、沈二人在理论与创作上皆有以元曲为宗尚 The dispute between the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty in the Wanli period was a far-reaching public act in the history of the drama. There have been heated debates and in-depth studies on this issue in the academic circles. However, no one has made a comprehensive study of this issue from the perspective of Zong Yuan This article is premised on the argument. The issue debated by Tang and Shen was not a brand new theoretical problem but a repetition of the relationship between the literary and legal relations already solved in the late Yuan Dynasty in the new historical context. The creation is based on the elemental song is still