What are the Four Great Classical Plays of China?

The Four Great Classical Operas, also known as the Four Great Classical Plays. They are Wang Shifu's The Story of the Western Wing; Tang Xianzu's The Peony Pavilion; Kong Shangren's The Peach Blossom Fan; and Hong Sheng's The Palace of Eternal Youth.

The chronological background of the creation of The Palace of Eternal Youth and The Peach Blossom Fan is roughly the same, and the two plays are written about real people, and there are a lot of similarities in the organization of the plot, which unfolds in a grand context, depicting a wide range of events in the social life, with only one central theme, that is, "love and politics. ".

Wang Shifu's "The Story of the Western Chamber" realizes the dream of love for lovers, with high literary value, and is regarded as a model of ancient drama; Tang Xianzu uses "The Peony Pavilion" to call for a new era of human nature liberation, and the women who bravely and autonomously pursue the freedom of human nature have never appeared in the image of women in previous drama and even in literature.

Expanded Information:

The hero of The Palace of Eternal Youth is Li Longji, the Ming Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the supreme ruler of a country. As an emperor, his job is to govern the country well, but he indulged in love and misused his country; as the son of heaven, he had concubines in three palaces and six courtyards, so it was inevitable that he had the side of unspecialized love; because of this, it is very rare for him to be in love with the side of specialization again.

Mawei slope, in the face of life and death farewell, as the emperor's he could not be like the usual men and women like the choice of martyrdom. But at this time he showed "speechless, meaning messy as hemp", "Princess, good teach me hard to prohibit frame", sighing to the "Hall of Heaven, less than Mo Chou family". For an emperor, the taste of this is by no means ordinary men and women can experience.

What is the reason for this tragic scene? Yes, it was the An Shi Rebellion, but what was the cause of the An Shi Rebellion? The reason, Tang Ming Huang indulged in love with Yang Guifei, ignore the government, favor sycophants (Li Linfu), relatives (Yang Guozhong), to the beginning of their successive "dictatorship and misuse of the country";

An Lushan was originally due to the military opportunities for the release of the Beijing awaiting trial, but through bribery Yang Guozhong, not only to get exempted, but also not down instead of up, and finally dominated, and the rebellion; the rebels fell into a trap, the rebel forces, the rebel forces, the rebel forces, the rebel forces, the rebel forces, the rebel forces, the rebel forces, the rebel forces, the rebel forces.

An Lushan was originally released from the capital to await trial for his mistakes, but by bribing Yang Guozhong, he was not only exempted, but also promoted instead of demoted, and finally became a dominant force in the country, and started a rebellion. Li, Yang love this is not wrong, but his identity as emperor "chi the outline of the dynasty, accounted for the love field", the results to the country brought disaster, which also led to the tragedy of their love.