《琵琶记》被成为“南戏之祖”。剧中的蔡伯喈形象,体现了知识分子软弱性格和复杂心理。较之前身《赵贞女蔡二郎》中的形象发生了三百六十度的转变:成为一个全忠全孝的封建知识分子的典型。在蔡伯喈的身上寄寓了作者高明的主观色彩和价值取向。 “Pipa” is known as “the ancestor of South play.” The image of Cai Bo in the play reflects the weak personality and complex psychology of intellectuals. Compared with the image of the predecessor, “Zhao Jingsu and Cai Erlang”, a three hundred and sixty degree transformation took place: becoming a model of a feudal intellectual with all-out filial piety. In Cai Bohu’s body embodies the author’s clever subjective color and value orientation.