“步戏”一词极为罕见,往往使人不解,前人依据其最早出现的文献——《金瓶梅词话》和《醒世姻缘传》对其作了一定程度的推测和阐发,然由于查阅资料范围的限制,目前尚存在着进一步探索的空间。笔者通过查阅地方志、孔府档案、文人诗文集、曲选、曲论、剧评及小说戏曲作品等文献资料,认为“步戏”当为宋金杂剧院本,其大都和清唱一起演出,约出现于明初,消失于明末,流行地域达于中国南北,甚至国外。 The word “Step by Step” is extremely rare and often puzzling. The predecessors made some estimates and elucidations based on their earliest appeared literary works - “Jin Ping Mei” and “Awakening Marriage” Due to the limited access to information, there is still room for further exploration. By referring to the local chronicles, Confucian archives, literati poetry anthologies, music selection, music theory, drama critics and novel works, the author thinks that " , Appeared in the early Ming Dynasty, disappeared in the late Ming Dynasty, endemic areas in China North and South, and even abroad.