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Romance in the Western Bower

Author :  (元)王实甫 = Wang Shifu

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Country
China
Publisher
中国对外翻译出版公司
ISBN 9787500164593
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2021
Bib. Info 487 p
Categories Literature
Product Weight 388 gms.
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The Story of the West Chamber is a drama created by Wang Shifu in the Yuan Dynasty. It tells the story of the scholar Zhang Sheng and the lady of Xiangguo Cui Yingying, with the help of the maid and matchmaker, breaking through the obstacles of Sun Feihu, Cui Mu, Zheng Heng and others, and finally getting married. This work puts forward the ideal of may all the sentient beings in the world become relatives, enthusiastically praises the love between Yingying and Zhang Sheng, and reflects the humanistic thought of young and middle-aged men and women in the feudal society who demanded their marriage independence and broke through the feudal code of ethics. The English part is composed of famous translators, nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Light of China - Person of the Year Spreading Chinese Culture, the first Asian translator of the Northern Lights Outstanding Literary Translation Award of the International Federation of Translation, and the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Chinese Translation Culture Translated by Professor Xu Yuanchong.

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