英文摘要
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This paper delineates the active and multiple roles the courtesan Ma Xianglan (1548-1604) played in the music drama world of the late Ming. First, she taught and spread the music and performance of the northern zaju drama Western Wing. Secondly, she wrote sanqu (free-standing arias), and it was she who asked Liang Chenyu to compose the original aria ”Jiuyi shan,” which contributed to the development of kunqu. Thirdly, she helped Liang print his zaju play, Lady Red Thread. Fourthly, she created her own chuanqi play The Biography of Three Lives. Last but not least, her image as a female knighterrant devoted to love probably inspired Tang Xianzu's creation of such female characters as Bao Siniang and Huo Xiaoyu when he began his dramatist career.
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