Ten Traditional Tragedies in China

Yuan Guan Hanqing, Injustice Dou E (Zaju)

The full name "Feeling the Earth Moves and Dou E is Uneven" is Guan Hanqing's masterpiece of Yuan Zaju. The plot is based on the folk story of "filial piety in the East China Sea", one of the top ten tragedies in China.

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Zhao's Orphan ―― Yuan Zhen

Full name "Revenge for Zhao Orphan", also known as "Revenge for Zhao Orphan". The plot of the play tells the story of Zhao, a nobleman in the Jin Dynasty, who was framed by a traitor and died. Zhao's orphan survived and avenged his family when he grew up.

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Loyalty and Serving the Country (Legend) ―― Feng Ming Raptors

One of the ten classic tragedies. Yue Fei, a national hero in the Southern Song Dynasty, was killed by the traitor Qin Gui. After becoming Yue Fei, York was loyal to his country and determined to safeguard the beliefs of his ancestors. After obtaining the evidence, he could reverse the verdict for Yue Fei, but in order to save the emperor's face, he finally destroyed the evidence with blood.

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Peach Blossom Fan (Legend)-Clear Sky Ren Shang

A historical drama that shows the pain of national subjugation. The author organically combines the joys and sorrows of Yan Xiangjun in the late Ming Dynasty with the rise and fall of the Hong Guang Dynasty in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the love between men and women is philosophically sublimated.

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Autumn Colors in Han Palace (Zaju) ―― Ma Yuan Zhiyuan

One of the four tragedies in Yuan Dynasty. The protagonist of Autumn in the Palace of Han Dynasty is Emperor Han Yuan. As the head of a country, he can't even protect his own concubine, which leads to the tragedy of Where Are You Going?

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The Story of Pipa (Southern Opera) ―― Gao Yuan Ze Cheng

A famous southern opera. Adapted from the folk southern opera Zhao Zhennv, it mainly tells the love story of scholar Cai and Zhao Wuniang. Cai, who abandoned his wife, became loyal, filial and righteous.

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Liu Dongsheng: A Record of the Late Yuan Dynasty and the Early Ming Dynasty

Also known as "The Story of Shen Qi Building a Furnace and Jiao Hongji", it tells the story that Shen Chun, a gifted scholar, fell in love with his cousin at first sight, cut his hair and vowed to make a lifelong commitment. However, Jiao Niang's father refused this marriage, and Jiao Niang died of depression. Shen Chun heard the bad news and died. Finally, the two families were buried together at the edge of Zhuojin River.

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The Hall of Eternal Life (Legend)-Sheng

The Palace of Eternal Life is a play written by Hong Sheng, a playwright in the early Qing Dynasty. It is based on the poem Song of Eternal Sorrow written by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty and Wu Tongyu written by Bai Pu in the Yuan Dynasty. It tells the love story of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and the imperial concubine Yang Yuhuan.

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Leifeng Pagoda (Legend)-Fang Qing Cheng Pei

Leifeng Pagoda is a legendary work of China in Qing Dynasty. Adapted from Feng Menglong's "The White Snake Yongzheng Leifeng Pagoda" in Ming Dynasty. The story tells the secular life of a white snake who has practiced for thousands of years. She came to the world as a beauty and married Xu Xian, but Fahai regarded the White Snake as an evil spirit and was bent on weeding.

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Blue Bell Spectrum (Legend) ―― Yu

China's legendary works in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties reflect the historical facts that Yan and others persecuted party member during the apocalypse of the Ming Dynasty, and successfully shaped the image of Yan and other "five righteous" citizens.