The Romance of the West Chamber, called Cui Yingying Waiting for the Moon, was written by Wang Shifu, a famous zaju writer in Yuan Dynasty. The Peking Opera drama "The West Chamber" was directed and performed by Xun Huisheng, featuring matchmaker and ending with "copying red". Zhang Junqiu and others adapted the performance, mainly Yingying, and named it The West Chamber.
This paper describes the love story of scholar Zhang Junrui and Miss Guo Xiang Cui Yingying, who fell in love at first sight, combined privately with the help of the matchmaker, fought for the autonomy of marriage and dared to break through the shackles of feudal ethics.
Introduction:
Matchmaker Xun Huisheng wrote and performed, mainly with matchmaker, until "Copying Red". Zhang Junqiu and others adapted the performance, mainly Yingying, and named it The West Chamber. In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xun, a young boy from Luoyang, went to try it, stayed at Pujiu Temple on the way, met Cui Jue's daughter Yingying, and fell in love at first sight. The garrison in Sun Feihu mutinied, surrounded the temple and tried to seize Yingying. Cui Furen was in a hurry, claiming that Yingying was going to marry someone who could pay back the thieves and soldiers.
Zhang Xun invited his good friend General White Horse Du Kui. Repel Sun Feihu. Cui Furen, on the other hand, broke his word and made Zhang commensurate with Yingying's brother and sister. Zhang passed the poem through Cui Maid's matchmaker, and went over the wall to see Yingying at night. Yingying blamed Zhang for being indecent. Zhang was very ill, so the matchmaker invited Yingying to pay his respects, and they were engaged. Hearing this, Cui Furen angrily beat the matchmaker, who accused him of breaking his word. Cui Furen had no choice but to make an appointment to get married after the pilot.