古代日本能剧中的宁波人

摘要

日本有一部著名的能乐剧《唐船》,讲述的是明代居住在明州的祖庆官人,在一场船只争夺中,被掳到日本,沦为奴仆.他在日本生活十三年,娶了日本妻子,并生有二子.《唐船》的素材,来源于明代倭寇的侵犯和掠夺事件.当时宁波人被倭寇绑架至日本,时有发生,《唐船》的故事,多少折射出一些历史的影子.以《唐船》为线索,聚焦14-16世纪东亚海域世界,挖掘宁波与日本之间发生的贸易冲突、倭寇掠夺等,从而了解一部分特殊人群在日本的生活状况.%The Tang Boat,a famous Noh play,is about a Mingzhou (Ningbo) native called Zu Qing,who was captured to Japan in a sea battle during the Ming Dynasty,and he became a servant. He had lived in Japan for 13 years and married a Japanese woman who later bore two sons.The story of The Tang Boat is based on the historical fact of the Japanese invasion in the Ming Dynasty,during which Ningbo natives were often kidnapped by Japanese pirates.This article focuses on the East Asian overseas communication during the 14th-16th centuries,and studies the trade conflicts between Japan and Ningbo as well as the plunder of Japanese pirates,from which we can also learn about the captive's life in Japan.