人类社会由男女两性组成,当历史的年轮驶进人类历史文明时代,男女关系便成为人与人之间最“直接的,自然的,必然的关系”,而发生在男女之间的这种特有但普遍存在的微妙高尚的情感便是一直受到热情歌咏的爱情,是历代文学永恒的话题.本文则就王实甫的《西厢记》、汤显祖《牡丹亭》、孔尚任的《桃花扇》来探讨中国古代戏剧中爱情的嬗进性. As human beings are composed of men and women, when the annals of history drive into the era of human history and civilization, the relationship between men and women has become the most “direct, natural and necessary relationship” among people, and the one that occurs between men and women The peculiar but ubiquitous subtle noble emotion has always been the love of passionate singing and the eternal topic of literature of all ages.This essay will discuss the history of ancient Chinese literature such as Wang Shih-fu’s The Romance of The West Chamber, Tang Xianzu’s peony pavilion, Evolution of love in drama.