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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
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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
Yuan Zhen
…Weizhi (微之), 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 has often been adapted for other treatments, including operatic and musical ones. In poetry, he is remembered for the inclusion of some of his…
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