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The Study on Drama of Yuan Zaju 「DuLiucui」— Analytical-Psychological Approach to the Process of the Self- realization

  • The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies
  • 2020, (47), pp.85-112
  • DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2020..47.004
  • Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature > Chinese Literature > Chinese Culture
  • Received : January 10, 2020
  • Accepted : February 13, 2020
  • Published : February 28, 2020

KwangYoungKim 1

1광주대학교

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ABSTRACT

Drama of Yuan Zaju 「DuLiucui」 is Buddhism drama of transcendence. The heroine of this drama is Liucui. She after severe trial enters sacred world with the assistance of Yueming monk. Carl Gustav Jung 1875 – 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology Analytical-Psychology is Psychology of unconsciousness. Analytical-Psychology put emphasis on balance of consciousness and unconsciousness. Drama of Yuan Zaju 「DuLiucui」 and Analytical-Psychology is pretty similar in many ways. Among the central concepts of analytical psychology is individuation—the lifelong psychological process of differentiation of the self out of each individual’s conscious and unconscious elements. Jung considered it to be the main task of human development. He created some of the best known psychological concepts, including synchronicity, archetypal phenomena, the collective unconscious, the psychological complex, and extraversion and introversion Persona, defined as the up most external personality, involves social behavior playing a specific role to establish constant relationship with others in a society. In Drama of Yuan Zaju 「DuLiucui」 heroine Liucui is prostitute. Her Persona is prostitute. Shadow is the dark part of ego formed by the inferior and immature personality of unconsciousness and repression of consciousness of human psyche. In Drama of Yuan Zaju 「DuLiucui」 greed and sexual desire is her shadow. C. G. Jung insists that human being is bisexual in nature. Animus is the male aspect in the women’s collective unconscious and it is the archetype through which we generally communicate with the collective unconscious. It is also important to get into touch with the collective unconscious for self-realization. In Drama of Yuan Zaju 「DuLiucui」 the animus of Liucui is guide of wisdom. In Drama of Yuan Zaju 「DuLiucui」 self-realization is aim of heroine.

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