The Idea of Edification in Jiao Xun’s Conception of Drama

Abstract

 Jiao Xun’s drama edification concept emphasizes “morality” and “emotion” at the same time, which expresses his tendency for drama conception to move closer to classics. Jiao Xun thinks that drama creation values the audience’s acceptance, which also makes drama an effective testing ground for re-processing the relationship between “morality” and “emotion” in Confucianism; and Jiao Xun respects folk daily life in popular literary forms to promote moral enlightenment, which shows that drama research has become one of his practical methods of “changing customs”.