Yingying's Biography
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The Biography of Ying-ying, also translated as The Tale of Yingying or The Story of Yingying, by Yuan Zhen, is a Tang dynasty chuanqi tale. It tells the story of a relationship conflicted between love
Scene from Romance of the Western Chamber, an opera inspired by the story of Yingying
A page from a printed copy of Yingying's Biography by Yuan Zhen
Another later printed edition
Yuan Zhen
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Yuan Zhen, courtesy name Weizhi, was a Chinese novelist, poet, and politician of the middle Tang dynasty. In prose literature, Yuan Zhen is particularly known for his work Yingying's Biography, which
Yingying's Biography
…traditional Chinese: 鶯鶯傳; simplified Chinese: 莺莺传; pinyin: Yīngyīng zhuàn), also translated as The Tale of Yingying or The Story of Yingying, by Yuan Zhen, is a Tang dynasty chuanqi tale. It tells the story of a relationship conflicted between love and duty between a 16-year-old girl and a 21-year-old…
Yuan Chen