一戏曲有没有存在的价值?近百年来,这个问题不断地被提问。其中有两次重大的提问。一次是在“五四”时期,一次是在当今的改革开放年代。答案是现成的。有两种不同的观点:一个是戏曲终究要灭亡,一个是戏曲不会亡。或许还可以有一种温和的说法,即“让戏曲美丽地死去”,这同第一种主张比较相似。两种主张的争论持续了近百年。“五四”时期有一种全盘西化的倾向。为什么有这种倾向呢?它有它的道理,那就是帝国主义的坚船利炮把长期以 Is there any value for a drama? The question has been constantly asked for more than a century. There are two major questions. Once in the “May Fourth” period, once in the current era of reform and opening up. The answer is ready. There are two different perspectives: one is the drama will eventually perish, one is the drama will not die. Perhaps there may be a mild argument that “let the drama die beautifully”, which is similar to the first one. The argument for both claims lasted nearly a century. During the May 4th Movement, there was a general tendency toward Westernization. Why does it have such a tendency? It has its truth that the imperialists’