中国古代悲剧故事-娇红记 Golden Boy & Jade Maiden-Adapted From a Classical Chin.Tragedy(English-Chinese Edition)

Meng Chengshun
ISBN: 978-7-80005-645-3
New World Press
414 pag. paperback 14 x 20 cm (Simplified Characters)

This is a love tragedy that has been handed down since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Its author was Meng Chengshun, styled Ziruo. The story of the love between Wang Jiaoniang and Shen Chun, which is the theme of this book, is an ancient folk tale which has been passed down and appeared in over a dozen versions in the form of novels or zaju. Meng Chengshun elaborated and developed the story on the basis of those works when he composed his romance.