自1913年王国维的《宋元戏曲考》问世以来,戏曲史著作已难以尽数,不但有多种戏曲通史、断代史、分体史(南戏史、杂剧史、传奇史)、剧种史,还有剧场史、演剧史、戏班史、文学史以及关注某一地域的戏曲史等等,戏曲理论史与戏曲批评史著作也并不少见。最近读到李世英先生主编的《中国戏曲艺术思想史》(人民文学出版社2015年版),令人耳目一新,此著完全不同于习见的戏曲史著作。该著细致地勾画了中国戏曲艺术思想发生发 Since Wang Guowei’s The Song and Yuan Dynasties of Chinese Opera was first published in 1913, the history of operas has been difficult to find. There are not only a variety of traditional Chinese operas, dynasties, divisions (Southern Drama History, Zaju History, Legend History) Theater history, drama history, theater history, literary history and the attention to a certain area of ​​opera history, history of opera theory and opera history is not uncommon. Recently read the “history of Chinese opera art” (People’s Literature Publishing House 2015 edition) edited by Mr. Li Shiyang, refreshing, completely different from the traditional opera history. This elaborately delineated the occurrence of Chinese opera art thoughts