Brilliant Yuan Dynasty Opera

Author: Dong Shangde
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Publish Date: 2000-03-01
Features: This book is comprehensive in content, with precise annotations and explanations. Readers can see how ancient frustrated scholars and artists drew spiritual and strength from the lower laboring people to achieve unexpected success. The book includes representative works from Yuan Dynasty zaju (operas) and sanqu (lyric poems), such as Guan Hanqing's The Injustice of Dou E, Bai Pu's Tang Minghuang's Autumn Night under the (Rain), Wang Shifu's The West Chamber (1-4), and Wang Heqing's Yuan Dynasty qu (song) Shuang Diao · Bo Bu Dian · Great Fish and others. Each work includes the original text, as well as detailed author introductions, explanations, and annotations for the convenience of readers.