元杂剧是元代代表性的叙事文学样式,剧作家以其奇思妙笔成功地塑造出一大批鲜明生动的人物形象。其中,母亲人物形象类型多样,蕴含丰富,使之成为文学史上引人注目的一个群体。就《全元戏曲》(王季思主编)而言,母亲形象的作品占总剧目的三分之一。她们作为一个系列的群体具有完整性和代表性,引起了研究者们的关注。研究者对元杂剧中母亲形象的研究状况主要在以下几方面:1单一剧本的个别母亲形象的个案研究 Yuan drama is the representative narrative literature style of the Yuan Dynasty. Playwrights succeeded in shaping a large number of bright and vivid figures by their wonderful ideas. Among them, the diverse and rich images of mother characters make it a striking group in the history of literature. As for the “Quan Yuan Drama” (edited by Wang Jisi), the works of mother’s image make up one-third of the total drama. Their integrity and representation as a series of groups aroused the attention of researchers. The research on the mother image of Yuan Zaju mainly focuses on the following aspects: a case study of the individual mother image of a single script