提起尚小云先生的《四郎探母》,也许有的朋友会说:“他在这出戏里专演萧太后,而不演铁镜公主。”其实这是一种误会。实际上,尚先生早年挑班儿时,一直是在该剧扮演铁镜公主的。当年先后与他合作演出此剧的老生演员有孟小冬、马连良、杨宝忠(改行操琴之前)、高庆奎、王又宸和潭富英等。我幼年时入荣春社科班习艺,虽没赶上看老师演铁镜公主,但从他对往事的追叙中,得知了上述事实。并且,我本人便是得尚先生的亲授,一字一板、一招一式地跟他学会铁镜公主的表演的。 Mention of Mr. Somuyounu’s “Siroimei”, and some friends may say: “In this drama he casts Queen Siu, rather than playing the mirror Princess.” In fact, this is a misunderstanding. In fact, when Mr. Shang picked up his early childhood, he always played the princess in the drama. In the same year, he co-starred with the older actors such as Meng Xiaodong, Ma Lianliang, Yang Baozhong (before the change of maneuver), Gao Qingkui, Wang Youchen and Tan Fuying. When I was young, I went to Rongchun Social Science Class and did not catch up with the teacher to see the princess with an iron mirror. However, from the description of his past, I learned the above facts. And, I myself is Mr. De Shang’s pro-teaching, one by one, one by one with him to learn the performance of Princess Iron Mirror.