A Motif History of Chinese Classical Operas is the achievement of concluding the project with the same title as the book,supported by the National Social Sciences Fund.The past dozen years has witnessed substantial results in the research about the operas in the Yuan(1271-1368),Ming(1368-1644)and Qing(1644-1911)Dynasties in the A Motif History of Chinese Classical Operas is the achievement of concluding the project with the same title as the book, supported by the National Social Sciences Fund. The past dozen years has witnessed substantial results in the research about the operas in the Yuan (1271- 1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties in the