中国古典戏曲理论是整个古典文艺理论的一个重要组成部分,它无疑继承了前代的文艺理论,然而这种继承文是有所批判,有所发展的。有些本来属于前代文艺批评或文艺理论的名词术语,被引入戏曲理论后,其含义有时会发生较大的甚至是质的变化,“本色”一语就是突出的一例。本色用语早在唐代便被人们做为评论文艺的一个标 Chinese classical opera theory is an important part of the whole classical literature and art theory. It undoubtedly inherits the previous literary theory. However, this successionary language is somewhat criticized and developed. Some of the terminology that originally belonged to the previous literary criticism or theory of literature and art was sometimes introduced into the theory of opera and its meaning sometimes changed greatly or even qualitatively. The word “character” was one prominent example. Qualitative terms as early as the Tang Dynasty will be people as a standard review of literature and art