Project Gutenberg 2007-12-13 Public domain in the USA. 177 Tang, Xianzu 1550 1616 湯顯祖 汤显祖 牡丹亭 Mu dan ting Peony Pavilion Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peony_Pavilion Produced by Jane Wu "牡丹亭" by Xianzu Tang is a classical Chinese play written in the late 16th century. It is a celebrated work in the genre of chuanqi, blending romance and fantasy in a poetic and dramatic narrative. The play explores themes of love, dreams, and destiny, primarily focusing on the characters Du Liniang, a young maiden, and Liu Mengmei, a scholar who becomes entwined in her dreams. The opening of the play introduces the poignant and dreamlike connection between Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei. Du, feeling unfulfilled in her everyday life, dreams of a handsome scholar and falls deeply in love with him. This dream incites a profound longing and a mysterious illness that seems to connect her fate to Liu. Through poetic expressions, the initial scene sets the stage for a narrative steeped in romantic aspiration and the metaphysical realm of dreams, hinting at a story that intertwines love, longing, and the transcendent experience of encountering one's ideal partner. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese drama -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 Dreams -- Drama PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 224184 224131 2024-11-10T09:51:16.209024 2023-09-10T12:21:31.448501 text/html text/html 224177 224124 2024-11-10T09:51:16.436958 2023-09-10T12:21:31.586508 text/html text/html 145480 2024-11-10T09:51:20.755930 application/epub+zip 147968 2024-11-10T09:51:18.017971 application/epub+zip 147969 2024-11-10T09:51:16.977968 application/epub+zip 264692 2024-11-10T09:51:22.715942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258633 2024-11-10T09:51:20.179936 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240765 2022-09-11T07:26:16.156001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202096 2024-11-10T09:51:15.943990 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 202038 2007-12-16T17:31:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 95713 2007-12-16T17:31:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18831 2024-11-10T09:51:22.833940 application/rdf+xml 7110 2024-11-10T09:51:17.507035 image/jpeg 2128 2024-11-10T09:51:17.238985 image/jpeg 143351 2024-11-10T09:51:16.453974 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia zh.wikipedia