[摘要]明末清初的戏剧家李玉作品《清忠谱》，是一曲讴歌东林党人的赞歌。“《清忠谱》的‘谱主’，是周顺昌。因为瞿式耜和夏允彝都曾称赞周顺昌为‘清中之清，忠中之忠’，《清忠谱》即因此而得名。”①它反映了明朝天启年间，以周顺昌为代表的东林人和以颜佩韦、杨念如、马杰、沈扬、周文元为代表的苏州人民，反对以魏忠贤为首的阉宦特权阶层罪恶统治的波澜壮阔的群众性的政治斗争。作品在表现李玉独有的人生观与思想情感同时，也对不同阶层的人物形象进行生动的刻画，展露了李玉高超的艺术表现能力。
[关键词]周顺昌；明末清初；政治斗争；历史剧；历史悲剧；艺术虚构；剧作家
[Abstract] Works of dramatists of the late Ming and early Qing Li Yu Qing Zhong spectrum, is a song sang praises of donglin party. "Of the Qing Zhong spectrum ' spectrum ', it is Zhou Shunchang. Because Qu Shisi and Xia Yunyi has praised Zhou Shunchang ' Qing Qing, cheat cheat ', the Qing Zhong spectrum that is, hence the name. "① which reflects the revealed during the Ming dynasty, as represented by the Zhou Shunchang Tung Lin and Yan Peiwei, Yang Nianru, Ma Jie, Yang Shen, Zhou Wenyuan represented by Suzhou people, opposed to Wei Zhongxian eunuch of the privileged, led by evil domination of magnificent mass political struggle. Works on Li Yu's unique view of life and ideological and emotional at the same time, vivid depiction of characters in different sectors, exposed Li Yu was superb artistic ability.
[Key words] Zhou Shunchang; the late Ming and early Qing; political conflict, historical drama; the historical tragedy; artistic invention; playwright
李玉晚期的代表作《清忠谱》，是我国戏剧史上有独特成就和杰出贡献的名著。作品以天启年间的苏州市民反抗官府压迫的政治事件为题材，再现历史地展现了东林党人与新兴市民阶层联合反抗阉党暴政的重大史实，堪称戏剧作品中的“词场正史”。李玉在继承前人的优秀写作特点的基础上，成功地把大规模的群众斗争搬上戏剧舞台，栩栩如生地塑造了周顺昌、颜佩韦等人物形象。剧作本身不仅具有很高的思想研究和艺术价值，而且演义了一部动人的“信史”。它在吸取了明朝中期历史剧《鸣凤记》的创作手法，为后来的传奇经典<<桃花扇>>提供了宝贵的经验。它是中国戏曲中的历史剧的基石，认真总结这部作品的创作成果，对历史剧的创作思想和理论研究，具有非凡的意义。
