Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the West Chamber, Liang Zhu

1. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is all in the vernacular, unless you find an old version.

2. There is the book butterfly lovers, which is being talked about in the lecture hall now, and it is still very interesting.

The full name of The West Chamber is Cui Yingying's The West Chamber. Author Wang Shifu, a famous zaju writer in Yuan Dynasty, was mostly from Beijing. He wrote 14 kinds of plays in his life. The Romance of the West Chamber was written in the years of Yuan Zhen and Dade (1295 ~ 1307), which is his masterpiece. As soon as the play came to power, it stunned four seats and won the love of young men and women. It is known as "The West Chamber is the best in the world".

In history, the good wish of "All lovers shall be well, jack shall have Jill" has become the theme of many literary works, and The West Chamber is the most successful drama depicting this theme.

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The Romance of the West Chamber originated from Yuan Zhen's legendary novel Yingying Biography in Tang Dynasty. It tells the story that Zhang Xun, a scholar, fell in love with Cui Yingying, the daughter of the late Guo Xiang, who also lived in Pujiu Temple. With the help of the maid matchmaker, they dated in the west wing, and Yingying finally committed herself. Later, Zhang Xun went to Beijing to take the exam, got a senior official, but abandoned Yingying, which led to a love tragedy. This story spread more widely in the Song and Jin Dynasties, and some literati and folk artists adapted it into songs and operas. Many of Wang Shifu's zaju Romance of the West Chamber were created on the basis of such rich artistic accumulation.

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After Cui's death, his wife Zheng He's youngest daughter sent her husband's coffin back to her hometown. However, on the way, they were stopped for some reason and stayed at the Pujiu Temple in He Zhong. This 19-year-old Cui Yingying, who instructs women workers, is omnipotent in poetry and prose. When her father was alive, she was betrothed to Zheng's nephew, the eldest son of Zheng Shangshu.

Miss and the matchmaker went to visit outside the temple and happened to meet scholar Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun was originally from Xiluo, the son of Shangshu. His parents died and his family was poor. He went to Beijing alone to catch the exam, and when he passed by, he suddenly remembered that Du was really in his friend Pu Guan, and he stayed. Listen to the second brother of the champion shop, there is a Purdue Temple, which is the fragrant courtyard after the emperor. The scenery is so beautiful that people who have been there all admire it.

Seeing Yingying's handsome appearance, the student praised: "I didn't know the king's face for ten years before I believed that Chanjuan solved the mistake." In order to see more, he stayed with the abbot for one night, and he moved into the west wing.

One day, Mrs Cui made a Dojo for her late husband. Lao Cui and his wife are very strict with their families, and no men go in and out of the Dojo. Zhang Sheng crustily skin of head slipped in. At this time, the fast sacrifice Dojo is complete, and the wife and young lady will make incense to repay their father's kindness. Zhang Sheng thought: "Miss Zhang is a woman who still has the heart to repay her parents; Xiao Sheng Lake has been drifting for several years. Since his parents died, there has never been a paper money. "

Zhang Sheng learned from the monk that Miss Yingying went to the garden to burn incense every night. In the dead of night, the moon is clear and the monks are asleep. Zhang Sheng came to the back garden and watched the young lady burn incense. Then he recited a poem: "The moonlight melts into the night, and the shadows in spring are silent; How can I face the noise and not see the people in the moon? " Yingying also immediately sang a song: "Gui Lan has been lonely for a long time, which has nothing to do with her spring;" Those who are expected to sing deserve sympathy. " Zhang studied hard every night and moved Miss Zhang, who admired Zhang from birth.

Sun Feihu, a rebel, heard that Cui Yingying had the ability of "being really beautiful, but his handwriting was too real". He led 5,000 troops to surround Pujiu Temple, giving the old lady three days to hand over Yingying as his "Zhazhai Lady". Everyone is helpless. This Cui Yingying is a strong-willed woman. She would rather die than be taken away by thieves. In a crisis, the lady announced: "Whoever can kill the thief army and sweep away the evil spirit will be betrothed to him." Du Que, the top scholar in Dongwu, was appointed Grand Marshal of Xiliang, commanding 100,000 troops and guarding Pu Guan. Zhang Shengxian steadied Sun Feihu with delaying tactics, and then wrote a letter to Du Que, asking him to send troops to beat back Sun Feihu. Monk Huiming sent a letter down the mountain. Three days later, Du Zhen's reinforcements arrived and beat back Sun Feihu.

On the grounds of Yingying's betrothal, Mrs. Cui made him sworn as brother and sister, and took gold, silver and silks as a gift to marry another wife, which made both Yingying and him very miserable. The matchmaker in Yahuan saw this and arranged for them to meet. In the evening, Zhang Sheng played the piano and told Yingying about her lovesickness. Yingying also poured out her love for Zhang Sheng.

I haven't seen Yingying for many days after listening to the piano that day. Zhang sheng is lovesick. Take advantage of the matchmaker's visit and ask her to send a message to Yingying. Yingying wrote back and asked Zhang Sheng to meet under the moon. In the evening, Miss Yingying plays the piano in the back garden. Zhang Sheng heard the piano and climbed up the wall to see Yingying playing the piano. Anxious to see the young lady, she climbed over the wall and entered. Yingying saw him climb over the wall, blamed him for his indecent behavior, and sent the police to see him, which made Zhang Sheng's illness worse. Yingying went to see Zhang Sheng in his room on the pretext of visiting the sick.

When the old lady saw Yingying these days, she looked trance-like, mumbled and acted strangely, and suspected that he and Zhang Sheng had deviant behavior. So I called the matchmaker and forced her to ask. The matchmaker had no choice but to tell the truth. The matchmaker pleaded for Miss Zhang and the old lady, saying that it was not Miss Zhang's fault, but the old lady's fault. The old lady should not go back on her word, and let her be commensurate with Miss Zhang's brother and sister.

The old woman was helpless and told Zhang Sheng that if she wanted to marry Miss Yingying, she had to go to Beijing to take the exam and gain fame. Miss Yingying gave a banquet to see Zhang Sheng off at Shili Pavilion. She repeatedly urged Zhang Sheng not to "stop his wife from remarrying" and not to "have no news of fish and geese all spring". After bidding farewell to Changting, Zhang Sheng went to Caoqiao Store and met Yingying in his dream. When he woke up, he was very disappointed.

Zhang Sheng won the first prize in the exam and wrote to Yingying to report the good news. At this time, Zheng Heng once again came to Pujiu Temple and fabricated a lie that Zhang Sheng had been recruited by Wei Shangshu as the son-in-law of Dong Chuang. So Cui Furen promised Miss Zheng Heng again and decided to get married another day. When it happened in wedding date, Zhang Sheng returned as the Prefecture Governor of Hezhou, and Marshal Du Que of the Western Expedition also came to congratulate him. After the truth came out, Zheng Heng was ashamed and swallowed it, and Zhang Sheng and Ying Ying finally got married.