魔术,据权威工具书《辞海》的释义,为:“也叫‘幻术’。杂技节目。和‘戏法’属同一类型。习惯上,以藏挟见长的称‘戏法’;较多借助物理、化学原理和机械装置来表演各种物体、动物或水火等迅速增减隐现变化的,称‘魔术’。”(《辞海》缩印本,上海辞书出版社1989年版,第2317页) 事实上,《辞海》的这一定义是值得商榷的,因为在现实的表演实践中,“魔术”的概念已成为一个广义的概念,即既包括《辞海》中的狭义的“魔术”,也包括“以藏挟见长”的“戏法”,换言 Magic, according to authoritative reference book “Cihai” interpretation, as: “also known as” illusion. “Acrobatics program and the” trick “is the same type.Habitually, to hide and seek known as the” trick “; more with the help of physics, Chemical theory and mechanical devices to perform a variety of objects, animals or water and fire rapidly changing hidden changes, called ’magic’. (”Ci Hai“ printed copy, Shanghai Lexicographical Press, 1989 edition, page 2317) In fact, This definition of ”Ci Hai“ is debatable because the concept of ”magic“ has become a broad concept in realistic performance practice, which includes both the narrow ”magic“ in ”Ci Hai“ and the ” Rely on see the long “” trick ", in other words