The Romance of the Lute - Ancient Chinese Love Story
Fairy Of The Magpie Bridge (Poem of Song Dynasty)
Coming Home (Seven-character-quatrain)
Double Nine Festival (Poem by Mao Zedong) |
Pipaji (The Romance of the Lute), written by Gao Ming (高明) (Gao Zaocheng 高则诚; mid 13th cent.) is a long, but simple kind of love story basing on several anecdotes and stories about the Han Dynasty scholar Cai Yong (蔡邕). In the play, he is called Cai Boxie (蔡伯谐). Just married, he is told by his father to pass the state examinations in the capital. Esteemed by the chancellor, he rises to high positions and is forced to marry a new wife. Meanwhile, in his home town famine reigns, and his first wife Zhao Wuniang (赵五娘) suffers badly. Cao Boxie's mother dies of hunger and disappointment. Zhao Wuniang takes her lute and wanders to the capital, searching for her man. In the end, they reunite, mourning together at the grave of their starved parents.
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