白先勇的青春夢之二：琴曲書畫的崑曲新美學-新版《玉簪記》

A New Edition of the Jade Hairpin

基本資料

演出內容

《玉簪記》乃明高濂所撰。敘述南宋書生潘必正與陳嬌蓮 ( 妙常 ) 偶然與巧合的愛情故事。

投庵

書生潘必正與官宦之女陳嬌蓮是指腹為婚的夫妻 ( 雙方並不知情 ) ，因金兀术南侵，陳嬌蓮在兵亂中與其母失散，幾經波折，不得已投身在洛必正之姑母潘法誠所主持的女貞觀中，庵主為陳嬌蓮歸皈並賜其法名妙常。潘必正赴考不第，羞於回家，亦投靠女貞觀庵主即其姑母潘法誠，因而與妙常在女貞觀中相識。

琴挑

一日，陳妙常月下彈琴，潘必正愛慕道姑陳妙常的文采丰姿，故意以琴曲傾吐心聲，試探妙常心意，妙常礙於道姑的身份與禮教，遂回報琴曲婉拒。必正落寞告辭後，妙常卸下心防，禁不住吐露心意，卻被躲在門外偷聽的必正出聲點破，兩人心意漸通。

問病

潘必正因不能明白陳妙常的真實態度，因此間鬱成病，難以排遣。適姑母前來問病，陳妙常亦隨同探望，言詞之間，暗通衷曲。於是潘必正豁然而癒，書僮進安謊稱妙常有治病之方，潘必正信以為真，精神大好，後來才知為進安所誆。

偷詩

陳妙常因見潘必正而心思飄蕩，填詞〈西江月〉以寄情思，寐於桌案。適時，潘必正開步漫遊，見妙常房門半掩，挨身而入，見詞中情意盡露，喜不自勝，偷取詩文，妙常驚醒假意惱怒，必正念出詞句，妙常見無法再隱瞞相恩情意，遂與必正定下盟約。

催試

女貞觀主持潘法誠服見眾道姑竊竊私語，懷疑侄兒潘必正與妙常情意相投恐破壞佛門清規，於是嚴厲催促潘必正立即離庵赴試，潘必正雖難捨妙常，卻無奈於姑姑的強烈催趕，還被押送到江邊，潘必正只能黯然離去。

秋江

陳妙常聞訊，心急如焚趕至江邊，見船已行遠，連忙雇請扁舟一葉，江上追趕，追到潘必正後，兩人在江中，訴說情意依依不捨，再次立下永不相負的誓言，並互換定情之物，揮淚而別。爾後，必正得中進士，迎娶妙常，兩人一同返鄉，與家人團聚，方知妙常即是自幼婚配之陳嬌蓮。

Synopsis

The Jade Hairpin was written by Lien Kao, Ming Dynasty, telling the love story between a student Bi-Zheng Pan and a government official’s daughter Jiao-Lian Chen (Miao-Chang) in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Refuge at the temple

Although betrothed before birth by their parents, they never knew the existence of each other. Losing contact with her mother during the Jurchen invasion, Jiao-Lian settled in a Taoist temple run by Bi-Zheng’s aunt, Fa-Cheng Pan, then devoted herself to Taoism and was given the monastic name Miao-Chang. Bi-Zheng, embarrassed to return home for failing to pursue government posts, first encountered his fiancée Miao-Chang when he, too, decided to settle in his aunt’s temple.

Repartee of the zithers

Charmed by Miao-Chang, one night Bi-Zheng conveyed his feelings via music in response to the zither she played by the moonlight. Constricted by monastic disciplines, Miao-Chang refused him in zither tunes, but surrendered, after Bi-Zheng departed in dismay, to her true feelings, which he overheard and answered behind the door. Hence the two began to fall in love to each other.

Visiting the sick

Unable to see into Miao-Chang’s mind, Bi-Zheng turned from melancholy to illness. However, when his aunt Fa-Cheng and Miao-Chang visited him, he was so soothed by Miao-Chang’s encouraging words that he even believed it at first when his servant teased him by saying Miao-Chang was capable of healing.

A theft of poetry

Miao-Chang fell asleep after composing a poem about her affection for Bi-Zheng. Happening to be taking a walk nearby, Bi-Zheng sneaked through her half-c1osed door and found the poem. Delighted beyond measure, he stole it away and read it out loud when Miao-Chang stirred and faked annoyance. Couldn't hide her emotions anymore, she vowed to be his.

Pressing departure

The rumors reached Fa-Cheng Pan, who pressed Bi-Zheng to leave and take examinations for government posts, fearing the scandal will corrupt the holy temple. Forced and escorted to the riverside, Bi-Zheng, though heartbroken, had no choice but to take the boat and leave.

Riverside farewell

Miao-Chang rushed to the revirside and chased him down the river in another boat. Finally she reached him in the middle of the river, and the two vowed again, exchanging tokens of love Later, Bi-Zheng succeeded in the examination. He married Miao-Chang and reunited with their families in the hometown, where they found out that they had belonged to each other at birth.

投庵
琴挑
問病
偷詩
催試
秋江

Refuge at the temple
Repartee of the zithers
Visiting the sick
A theft of poetry
Pressing departure
Riverside farewell

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