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Wu Weiye was a famous poet, dramatist, calligrapher and painter in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. He created a series of long song-style poems known as the "Meicun style". With his heavy and powerful style and sad and charming style, he established his reputation in the field of long narrative poetry. In addition to writing poems, Wu Weiye also wrote operas. He created the legendary work Molingchun and the dramas Tongtiantai and Linchun Pavilion, which expressed the sorrow of separation and inner pain during the change of dynasties, and can serve as a history of the heart of a generation. This book starts from Wu Weiye's friendship with opera, analyzes the content and narrative style of his opera works, and based on a careful reading of the opera text, analyzes the relationship between his "Meicun style" poetry creation and opera creation, and combs his opera theory.