俞平伯的《牡丹亭赞》写于1935年《武汉大学季刊》第四卷第三期(见俞平伯《论诗词曲杂著》)。此文由于写在抗日战争之前,反而不受后来的突出“政治标准”,强调“阶级性”、“大批判”等准则的约束,因此能够较为自由地发挥他对《牡丹亭》思想性、艺术性方面的个人见解,而具有相当的广度与深度。近几年以来,学术界把西方的莎士比亚和中国的汤显祖相提并论,认为他们是中西戏剧并立的高峰,而《牡丹亭》则是汤剧的代表。从时间上说,汤的生活年代为1550——1616年,而莎士比亚为1564——1616年,时间上差不多。然而汤氏生于中国(当时 Yu Pingbo’s “Peony Pavilion like” written in 1935, “Wuhan University Quarterly,” the fourth volume of the third period (see Yu Ping Bo “On Poetry Mixed”). Because this article was written before the Anti-Japanese War, it was not bound by the later prominent “political standards” and emphasized the criteria of “class nature” and “major criticism.” Therefore, he was able to give more freedom to exert his influence on the ideological and artistic aspects of The Peony Pavilion Personal opinion, but with considerable breadth and depth. In recent years, academics have compared Western Shakespeare to Tang Xianzu in China, believing they are the peaks of both Chinese and Western dramas while Peony Pavilion is the representative of Tang Opera. In terms of time, the life of soup is 1550-1616 years, while Shakespeare was 1564-1616, almost time. However, Tom was born in China (at that time