The Autumn Palace

Author: Ma Zhiyuan
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Classic Chinese tragedy comic book. "The Autumn in Han Palace" is an outstanding historical play in Yuan (a form of traditional Chinese opera) and a masterpiece of the renowned Yuan Dynasty playwright Ma Zhiyuan. The story depicts the period of Emperor Yuan of Han, where the traitor Mao Yanshou manipulates the powerful Xiongnu to force the emperor to send his beloved concubine, Lady Zhaojun, to the frontier to marry the Xiongnu ruler. Lady Zhaojun bravely accepts the mission and, in the end, drowns herself in a river out of grief. The story is deeply moving.