The Peony Pavilion (chinese Classic Drama)
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About This Novel
"The Peony Pavilion" is one of the masterpieces of the Ming Dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu. There are 55 episodes in total. It describes the life and death love story of Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei. It is filled with romantic ideals of pursuing personal happiness, calling for individual liberation, and opposing the feudal system. It is deeply touching. It is a masterpiece of romanticism in the history of Chinese opera. Du Liniang is one of the most touching images of women in Chinese classical literature after Cui Yingying. Her life and death for love calls for the liberation of personality, freedom of love, and independence in marriage, and exposes the destruction of people's happy lives and beautiful ideals by feudal ethics. "The Peony Pavilion" is famous for its beautiful diction, its lyrics are organic and interesting, and its music and lyrics take advantage of both the vigorous and turbulent Northern music and the subtle and elegant Southern poetry. Ming Lu Tiancheng called it "thrilling, ingenious and endlessly innovative, truly worthy of the ages!"
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