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The play, written by Australian journalist and writer Bang Xiao, reformed the storyline with contemporary views, and was delivered in Chinese mandarin with live subtitles in English and Chinese. [12] The story has been adapted into Vietnamese Cai Luong a number of times, with its Sino-Vietnamese title Lương Sơn Bá – Chúc Anh Đài ...
Set in around 600 BC during the Spring and Autumn period, a young and unmarried lady named Su'e (素娥) dreams of being taught the art of love-making by Taoist master Hua Yue (華月). [5] First using her newfound sexual prowess to attain eternal youth, [ 5 ] she then seduces multiple men until she is stopped by a rival Taoist master who ...
In the 13th century, Shang Zhongxian (尚仲賢) adapted the story into a zaju titled Liu Yi Delivers a Letter to Dongting Lake (洞庭湖柳毅傳書, English version: Liu Yi and the Dragon Princess translated by David Hawkes, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2003 [2]).
Ruyijun zhuan (如意君傳), [a] translated into English as The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction, [2] [3] [4] is a Chinese erotic novella written in the Ming dynasty by an unknown author. Set in the Tang dynasty, it follows the political career and love life of Empress Wu Zetian. One of the earliest erotic novels published in China, it was ...
Portrait of the playwright, Tang Xianzu The first page of Tang Xianzu's preface to The Return of the Soul at the Peony Pavilion. The Peony Pavilion (Chinese: 牡丹亭; pinyin: Mǔdān tíng; Wade–Giles: Mu-tan t'ing), also named The Return of Soul at the Peony Pavilion, is a romantic tragicomedy play written by dramatist Tang Xianzu in 1598.
Nanjing 1937: A Love Story (Chinese: 一九三七年的爱情; Yijiusanqi nian de aiqing) [2]: 115 is a 1996 romantic novel written by Ye Zhaoyan. [1] Originally published in Chinese by Jiangsu Art and Literature Press, it was translated into English by Matthew Berry and published by Columbia University Press in December 2002.
[9]: 227 The themes are mainly satire, love and history, among which love is the best explored. Some of the best chuanqi are love stories about unions and separations. Representative chuanqi about love include Yingying's Biography by Yuan Zhen, The Tale of Huo Xiaoyu by Jiang Fang and The Tale of Li Wa by Bai Xingjian. They all have a diversity ...
During the stay, the maiden falls in love with Dong Yong. He is a poor worker who had sold himself into servitude to pay for his father's funeral. With help of the other fairies, the seventh fairy managed to weave ten pieces of brocade for Dong Yong to pay off his debt, shortening his indenture to 100 days.