What is the main content of the West Chamber? What is The Legend of the West Chamber mainly about?

Updated on culture 2024-03-19
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  1. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    In the Jin Dynasty, Dong Liang (one said to be Dong Lang) wrote the Zhugong Ci "The Legend of the West Chamber", which was a kind of rap art at that time, similar to the modern Pingdan, accompanied by pipa and zheng, and sang while speaking. This "Tale of the West Chamber" greatly increased the content, adding many characters and scenes, and finally the ending was changed to Zhang Sheng and Yingying disregarding the old lady's order, both ran away to General Baima, and they were the masters of the marriage.

    In the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Shifu basically adapted "The Legend of the West Chamber" into a drama script performed by many people according to this palace tune, making the storyline more compact, integrating classical poetry, and greatly improving the literary quality, but changing the ending to the old lady compromised, promised her marriage, and had a happy ending.

    Synopsis: Zhang Hui, a scholar who stayed overnight in Shanxi Pufu Temple, met Cui Yingying, the daughter of the former Cui Xiangguo, who returned to his hometown to live in the west chamber of the temple, and fell in love with each other because of their mutual poetry. Once robbers admired the temple and wanted to rob Cui Yingying, Yingying's mother, the old lady, declared that whoever could save his daughter would marry his daughter, Zhang Sheng wrote a letter for help to him an old white horse general Puzhou Du Taishou, which was surrounded by a monk, and Du Taishou sent troops to relieve the siege.

    Later, the old lady repented of her marriage because of her family's inappropriateness, and only let Yingying worship Zhang Sheng as her brother-in-law to thank her for rescue. Zhang Sheng couldn't afford to be ill, with the help of Yingying's maid matchmaker, the two secretly communicated letters, and finally had a private affair, which was discovered by the old lady, because the matchmaker argued with reason, in desperation, the old lady ordered Zhang Sheng to go to Beijing to catch the exam, Zhang Sheng passed the exam and came back to marry Yingying.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    The love story of Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    "The Legend of the West Chamber" has a total of five books and 21 folds, telling the tortuous and difficult love story of Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying.

    The story is that in the first year of Tang Dezong, after Cui Xiangguo's death, his wife Mrs. Zheng escorted Cui Xiangguo's coffin back to his hometown for burial with her daughter Cui Yingying and the maid matchmaker. When he arrived in Hezhong Mansion, because the road was blocked, he had to temporarily live in the west wing of the Pufu Temple. At this time, the scholar Zhang Junrui went to Beijing to catch the exam, and also passed through the Pufu Temple, and saw the beautiful warbler in the Buddha hall, and suddenly fell in love, so he changed his plan to take the exam, and also lived in the temple, where he lived and the back garden of the West Wing Room was only separated by a wall.

    Since then, Zhang Sheng and Yingying have secretly communicated with each other and expressed their admiration for each other. At this time, the rebel leader Sun Feihu surrounded the Pufu Temple with heavy troops, threatening to take Yingying as his wife. Mrs. Zheng had no choice, so she made a promise that if anyone could relieve the siege of the Pufu Temple, she would marry Yingying to whomever he was.

    Coincidentally, the army of Zhang Junrui's old friend, General Baima, was stationed nearby, and Zhang Sheng wrote to him to relieve the siege. General White Horse successfully relieved the siege of the Pufu Temple. However, Mrs. Zheng temporarily repented of her marriage and only allowed the two to be called brother and sister.

    Zhang Sheng fell ill in a fit of rage. Yingying was very anxious, so she sent the matchmaker to visit. Due to the enthusiastic help of the matchmaker, after several twists and turns, the two made a private agreement for life.

    But this matter was soon made clear to Mrs. Zheng. Mrs. Zheng tortured the matchmaker fiercely, but the matchmaker was witty and flexible, responded calmly, and refuted Mrs. Zheng speechlessly. As a last resort, Mrs. Zheng had to agree to this family business.

    However, she proposed that "Xiangmen will not recruit a son-in-law in white", urging Zhang Sheng to go to Beijing to take the exam, and Zhang Sheng agreed to Mrs. Zheng's request. Later, Zhang Sheng really passed the exam, and when he had not returned to Hezhong Mansion, Mrs. Zheng's nephew Zheng Heng came to trick him into marrying Yingying. He fabricated a lie that Zhang Sheng was Wei Shangshu's son-in-law in Beijing.

    Mrs. Zheng then changed her mind, and Yingying was also grief-stricken when she heard this. At this time, Zhang Sheng came back, and with the help of the matchmaker and the white horse general, Zheng Heng finally died of hitting a tree in shame, and Cui Yingying and Zhang Junrui formed a happy marriage.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    1, "The Story of the West Chamber" is the abbreviation of "The Story of Cui Yingying Waiting for the Moon in the West Chamber", the whole play tells the story of scholar Zhang Sheng (named Junrui) and Miss Xiangguo Cui Yingying, with the help of the maid matchmaker, breaking through the obstructions of Sun Feihu, Cui Mu, Zheng Heng and others, and finally becoming a family.

    2. "Cui Yingying Waiting for the Moon in the West Chamber", also known as "Wang West Chamber", "North West Chamber") is a miscellaneous drama created by Wang Shifu in the Yuan Dynasty, which was written in the reign of Yuan Zhen and Dade (1295 1307).

    3. The play has a strong anti-feudal etiquette color, the author writes about young people's desire for love, the irrepressible and legitimate and reasonable love and desire, and the conflict between young people's own wishes and parents' will; It expresses the love concept of "I hope that all the affectionate people in the world will become dependents". The whole drama has a magnificent system, and it uses five books and twenty-one folds to perform a complete story, which is rare in ancient miscellaneous dramas. The plot of the play is fascinating, vivid and vivid, brilliant and poetic.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    During the first year of Tang Zhen, Cui Xiangguo died of illness in the former dynasty, and Mrs. Zheng took her daughter Yingying, the maid Hongniang and the little boy Huanlang and a line of more than 30 people, and the coffin of the Xiangguo returned to Boling, Hebei for burial. The road was blocked on the way, and he temporarily stayed at the Pufu Temple in Hezhong Province. At this time, Henan Luoyang scholar Zhang Heng (word Junrui) went to Chang'an to catch the exam, passed by Hezhong Mansion to visit his classmate General Baima, and met Yingying when he visited the Pufu Temple by the way, and had a feeling of admiration.

    In order to pursue Yingying, Zhang Sheng did not go to Beijing and borrowed a room to live in the temple.

    Zhang Sheng's residence is only separated by a wall from the west wing where Yingying lives. One night, Yingying and the matchmaker burned incense and prayed in the garden, and Zhang Sheng chanted a poem loudly across the wall: "The moonlight dissolves into the night, and the flowers are lonely in spring; How to come to Haolu and not see the people in the moon?

    Yingying immediately wrote a poem: "Lan Boudoir has been lonely for a long time, and she has nothing to do in the spring; Those who are expected to do groaning should sigh with pity. "After singing the poems, they have a good feeling for each other.

    When doing a superborn dojo for Cui Xiangguo, Zhang Sheng and Yingying met again, and the two fell in love silently. At this moment, Sun Feihu, the rebel general guarding the bridge, led his troops to surround the temple, wanting to rob Yingying as his wife, and Mrs. Cui begged for help everywhere, so she made a wish: "Whoever has a plan to withdraw from the army will marry Yingying to whomever he wants."

    Zhang Sheng stepped forward and wrote a letter to the White Horse General Du Qu. Du Qu's rescue troops arrived, and Sun Feihu was defeated and captured.

    Unexpectedly, Mrs. Cui was untrustworthy and refused to marry her daughter to Zhang Sheng, and only allowed the two to be called brother and sister. Zhang Sheng became ill as a result. The matchmaker made a plan for Zhang Sheng and asked him to play the piano under the moon, and Yingying was very moved after hearing it, so she asked the matchmaker to go to comfort her.

    Zhang Sheng asked the matchmaker to bring a letter to Yingying, and Yingying replied with "Wait for the moon to be under the west chamber, and the windward door is half-open; The shadow of the flowers on the wall moved, and it was suspected that the jade man came to "meet Zhang Sheng." That night, Zhang Sheng went to the appointment, and because the matchmaker was present, Yingying had to pretend to be angry and reprimand Zhang Sheng for being impolite, and Zhang Sheng couldn't afford to be sick from then on. The matchmaker came to visit Zhang Sheng, suggesting that when the nightingale warbler must come to meet, Zhang was cured of his illness.

    Late at night, Yingying came to Zhang Sheng's study and made a lifelong engagement with Zhang Sheng. This matter was noticed by Mrs. Cui, she was furious and tortured the matchmaker, but the matchmaker refused to argue and skillfully persuaded Mrs. Cui. Although Mrs. Cui promised to marry Yingying to Zhang Sheng, she forced Zhang Sheng to take the exam in Beijing immediately, and if she failed the exam, she still did not marry her daughter to him.

    Zhang Sheng said goodbye to Yingying, went to Beijing to take the exam, and won the first place. However, Mrs. Cui's nephew Zheng Hengzao said that Zhang Sheng had become Wei Shangshu's son-in-law, and forced Mrs. Cui to marry Yingying to him. At this moment, Zhang Sheng returned to the Pufu Temple, and with the help of General Baima, he exposed Zheng Heng's conspiracy and tied the knot with Yingying.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    "The Legend of the West Chamber" tells the story of scholar Zhang Junrui and Miss Xiangguo Cui Yingying meeting and falling in love at first sight, with the help of the matchmaker, in order to fight for marital autonomy and dare to break through the feudal etiquette and religion and privately combine the love story of the love story, expressing the dissatisfaction and resistance to the feudal marriage system, as well as the longing and pursuit of the ideal of beautiful love. For hundreds of years, it has deeply inspired the hearts of countless young men and women. Even today, the themes and artistic shapes in the works can still help us deepen our understanding of the evil nature of feudal etiquette.

    The story of "The Legend of the West Chamber" originates from the legend of Yuan Zhi in the Tang Dynasty** "The Legend of Yingying".

  7. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    1, Zhang Sheng met Miss Xiangguo Cui Yingying in the Pufu Temple, and fell in love at first sight, but had no plan to get close. happened to encounter the rebel general Sun Feihu led his troops to besiege the temple, and wanted to force Yingying to be the lady of the village; Zhang Sheng agreed to marry Cui's mother, and relied on the help of his friend General Baima to relieve the crisis.

    2, unexpectedly, Cui's mother broke her promise to get married, and Zhang Sheng became lovesick. Yingying loves Zhang Sheng and is unwilling to confess positively; After several twists and turns, with the help of the matchmaker, Yingying finally went to Zhang Sheng's residence for a private meeting. Cui's mother sensed the signs and tortured the matchmaker, but she was hit by the matchmaker's few words, and reluctantly agreed to the marriage, but on the grounds of her family, she ordered Zhang Sheng to go to Beijing immediately to take the exam.

    3. After the farewell of the ten-mile long pavilion, Zhang Sheng went to Beijing to take the top prize; And Zheng Heng took the opportunity to make up a lie, saying that Zhang Sheng had married another person in Beijing, and the old lady was married again and asked Yingying to marry Zheng Heng. Later, Zhang Sheng came, Zheng Heng was killed, and Cui and Zhang got married.

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