为比较东西方的戏剧美学思想,这里先从亚里士多德和李渔说起。亚里士多德是公元前四世纪古希腊思想家、文艺理论家;李渔是十七世纪中国戏剧理论家,目前还没有任何证据证明,李渔曾直接接触过那个远隔重洋的古希腊人的思想。然而,他的戏剧美学思想和这个古希腊思想泰斗却有不少是暗暗相合的。我们把他们的那些观点作个对比,也许能更好地了解戏剧艺术的某些规律性问题。 To compare eastern and western theater aesthetics, here first Aristotle and Li Yu talked about. Aristotle was an ancient Greek thinker and literary theorist in the 4th century BC; Li Yu is a Chinese theater theorist in the 17th century. There is currently no evidence that Li Yu had direct contact with the thought of the ancient Greeks . However, quite a few of his dramatic aesthetics and the ancient Greek thought are in secret coherence. We compare their perspectives and perhaps better understand some of the regularities in drama art.