《牡丹亭》问世之后两三年,汤显祖相继创作了《南柯记》和《邯郸记》两部剧作。时间相去不远,但就其内容来说,却是进入了新的创作时期,开辟了一片新天地。《紫钗记》和《牡丹亭》是真情的赞歌,充满乐观与浪漫情调;《南柯记》和《邯郸记》主要写政治矫情,现实主义描写增强了。如果说《牡丹亭》在情与理、理想与现实上,陷入了某种程度困境的话,那么,《南柯记》《邯郸记》中,作者又陷入了入世与出世的矛盾与痛苦之中。 Two or three years after the publication of The Peony Pavilion, Tang Xianzu successively created two dramas, Nankeji and Handanji. Time is not far off, but in terms of its content, it is entering a new era of creation, opening up a new world. “Purple hairpin” and “Peony Pavilion” is a hymn of true love, full of optimism and romantic flavor; “South Ke Ji” and “Handan Ji” mainly write political hypocrisy, description of realism increased. If Peony Pavilion falls into a certain degree of predicament on the basis of emotion and reason, ideals and reality, then the author falls into the contradiction and misery of joining the WTO and the birth of the world .