CAJ | 학술논문

元曲在艺术形式上具有四声通押、一韵到底、不分平仄、对仗自由、多用衬字等特点。这些特点均打破了长久以来的汉文诗歌格律规范。元代周德清创作《中原音韵》试图改变以往依东南语音为主的音韵格律，制定元曲的音韵格律。但实际上元曲的音韵格律依旧是自由灵活的面貌。影响元曲的音韵格律不仅是中原地区的汉语语音，北方少数民族语言介入中原后，在很大程度上干扰了元曲的格律。四声通押、不分平仄与北方少数民族语言不分声调有关，多用衬字与北方少数民族多音节语汇特点密不可分。
원곡재예술형식상구유사성통압、일운도저、불분평측、대장자유、다용츤자등특점。저사특점균타파료장구이래적한문시가격률규범。원대주덕청창작《중원음운》시도개변이왕의동남어음위주적음운격률，제정원곡적음운격률。단실제상원곡적음운격률의구시자유령활적면모。영향원곡적음운격률불부시중원지구적한어어음，북방소수민족어언개입중원후，재흔대정도상간우료원곡적격률。사성통압、불분평측여북방소수민족어언불분성조유관，다용츤자여북방소수민족다음절어회특점밀불가분。
Yuanqu (a type of verse for singing) are characterized by rhyming on the four tones, thorough rhyming, no difference between level and oblique tones, free antithesis, and frequent use of words inserted in a line of verse for balance or euphony. These characteristics broke the classical Chinese poetic rhyming norms. The rhyming on the four tones and no difference between level and oblique tones are associated with the northern ethnic minority languages. The frequent use of words inserted in a line of verse for balance or euphony is closely connected with the multi-syllable vocabulary of the northern ethnic minority languages.