偶然翻阅山歌时调小唱本,竟在湖州木刻《采茶山歌》中发现十二月花名歌中全都唱的是宋元和明初的南戏,那末这山歌产生的时代应该在明代嘉靖年间以前了,想不到它竟是如此古老。谨照录《采茶古人山歌》如下,并各注出所引宋元明南戏名: “正月采茶梅花开,无情无义蔡伯堦(喈)。苦了妻儿赵氏女,麻裙包土筑坟堆。”这一首应该说的是《忠孝蔡伯喈琵琶记》;因为它提到蔡伯喈,不说是蔡二郎。不过,又称蔡伯喈为“无情无义”,“麻裙包土筑坟堆”又是元曲中时常引用的情节, Accidentally turn to read the folk songs of small vocals, actually in Huzhou woodcut “picking tea folk song” found in December famous song all sung in the Song and Ming dynasties of South opera, then this song should be produced in the era of Jiajing Before, can not think it was so ancient. I would like to take notes, “Recalling the ancient folk songs” are as follows, and each note the name of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Song and Yuan dynasties: “The first month of plum blossom, heartless and meaningless Cai Bo 堦 (喈). ”This one should say“ loyalty and filial piety, ”because it refers to Cai Bo, not to mention Cai Erlang. However, also known as Cai Bo 喈 as “ruthless and unpromising”, “burial mound burial mounds” is often quoted in the Yuanqu plot,