戏曲生脚是南戏传奇脚色体制中特有的行当,其出现必与旦脚搭配,担任剧中男女主人公,敷演故事。而元杂剧中有旦无生,与旦配戏的是末脚。南戏传奇演剧中生旦并举,北曲杂剧则是正末、正旦分立。那么,南戏传奇中的“生”必与杂剧中的“末”有不可分割的联系。一般我们所说的角色行当,其实是两个概念。角色是剧中人物的称呼,如《西厢记》中的张君瑞;而行当则是剧中脚色的类别,是戏曲程式化演出的分工,如杂剧的末和南戏的生。通常把生、旦、净、末、丑当成角色是错误的,这是戏曲脚色名称,而在脚色制形成之前的宋杂剧里是叫杂剧色,又是另一个概念。 Xiqu plays a unique role in the legendary system of Nanxi opera, and its appearance will be matched with Danjiao, playing the hero and heroine of the play and performing stories. However, once there is no life in Yuan Zaju, it is the end of play. Nanxu legend plays Danmangdan parallel, Bequish drama is the end, is separation. Then, the “life” in the Legend of South Opera must be inextricably linked with the “end” in the drama. In general, the roles we are talking about are actually two concepts. The character is the title of the play, such as Zhang Junrui in The Romance of the West Chamber, while the lineage is the type of character in the play. It is the division of the stylized performance of the opera, such as the end of the drama and the student of the South Opera. It is wrong to assume that the characters of the students, the den, the net, the end and the ugly are usually mistaken. This is the name of the play’s role. In the Song Zaju before the formation of the system of colors, it is another concept.