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S16/0100 --- S16/0300 --- Theater --- -Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Bibliographies, dictionaries, yearbooks and collections --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Traditional theatre: studies --- History --- -Sources --- Sources. --- -China: Literature and theatrical art--Bibliographies, dictionaries, yearbooks and collections --- Sources --- Dramatics --- History&delete&

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This book offers a complete translation of four early plays of the Yang Family Generals. The story of the Yang Family Generals, particularly its female generals, was a perennial favorite on the Chinese stage in the 19th and 20th centuries. In detailing the role of this military family in the Song-Khitan wars of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, these four plays are all in the form of zaju, a type of play that originated in the 13th century. These plays are from the 15th and 16th centuries and allow a glimpse into earlier renditions of the Yang Family saga, which is a decidedly mor

Chinese drama --- Chinese literature --- Yang family --- China --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- History --- S16/0310 --- S16/0417 --- Translations into English --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Traditional theatre: texts and translations --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Traditional novels: Song, Yuan: studies, texts and translations --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Translations into English.

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"China's most important love comedy, Wang Shifu's Xixiangji, or The Story of the Western Wing, is a rollicking play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. Since its appearance in the thirteenth century, it has enjoyed unparalleled popularity. The play has given rise to innumerable sequels, parodies, and rewritings it has influenced countless later plays, short stories, and novels and has played a crucial role in the development of drama criticism. This translation of the full and complete text of the earliest extant version is available in paperback for the first time. The editors' introduction will inform students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions." -- Publisher description.

Chinese fiction --- Languages & Literatures --- East Asian Languages & Literatures --- Chinese literature --- Translations into English. --- 13th century chinese literature. --- bandits. --- buddhist monastery. --- china. --- chinese culture. --- chinese dramatic works. --- chinese literature. --- civil service examination. --- consort. --- drama criticism. --- love comedy. --- lovers bible. --- marriage. --- oriole. --- parental approval. --- pining. --- poem. --- romance of the western bower. --- romance. --- secret love affair. --- secret union. --- star crossed lovers. --- student zhang. --- sun the flying tiger. --- tang dynasty. --- the story of the western wing. --- the west chamber. --- translated text. --- unfulfilled love. --- wang shifu. --- xixiangji. --- yuan dynasty.

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