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Book/Printed Material Xin juan jie yi yuan yang zhong jiao hong ji : er juan 新鐫節義鴛鴦塚嬌紅記 : 二卷

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Title

  • Xin juan jie yi yuan yang zhong jiao hong ji : er juan

Other Title

  • 新鐫節義鴛鴦塚嬌紅記 : 二卷

Translated Title

  • New Edition of the Story of Mistress Jiaoniang and Maid Feihong: Two Juan

Summary

  • Jiao hong ji (The story of Mistress Jiaoniang and Maid Feihong) is one of the ten greatest tragedies in Chinese classical drama. The story drew on an actual event during the Xuanhe reign (1119-25) of Northern Song. The drama was written by Ming playwright Meng Chengshun (1594-1684), based on Jiao hong ji, a novel by Yuan author Song Meidong. The drama has 50 scenes in two juan. It tells the story of the doomed lovers Wang Jiaoniang and scholar Shen Chun and their tragic deaths after they are refused permission to marry. At the end of the story, the two lovers reappear at their graves as a pair of mandarin ducks, the symbol of marital fidelity. According to the author's foreword, he wrote the play in mid-summer of the 11th year (1638) of the Chongzhen reign. The copy presented here is a Ming Chongzhen edition. The work was printed with commentary and illustrations by Chen Hongshou (1599-1652). Chen, courtesy name Zhanghou, style name Laolian, a native of Zhejiang, excelled in calligraphy and painting. His chief artistic achievement was figure painting. He was called the "only artist with such brush and ink in the course of 300 years of Ming dynasty."

Names

  • Chen, Hongshou, 1598-1652 Artist
  • Meng, Chengshun, active 17th century Author

Created / Published

  • [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1638 to 1644]

Headings

  • -  China
  • -  1638
  • -  Chinese drama
  • -  Chinese literature
  • -  Drama

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 4 volumes ; 26.9 x 16.9 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of China.
  • -  Content in Chinese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
  • -  Title revised per Asian Division.--cc28 2023-01-06

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666479

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Chicago citation style:

Chen, Hongshou, Artist, and Chengshun Meng. Xin Juan Jie Yi Yuan Yang Zhong Jiao Hong Ji: Er Juan. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1644, 1638] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666479/.

APA citation style:

Chen, H. & Meng, C. (1638) Xin Juan Jie Yi Yuan Yang Zhong Jiao Hong Ji: Er Juan. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1644] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666479/.

MLA citation style:

Chen, Hongshou, Artist, and Chengshun Meng. Xin Juan Jie Yi Yuan Yang Zhong Jiao Hong Ji: Er Juan. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1644, 1638] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666479/>.