Romance of the West Chamber. It tells the love story between Zhang Sheng, a scholar, and Cui Yingying, the daughter of a former chief minister.
Zhang Sheng met Cui Yingying in a temple and soon fell in love with her. However, Yingying’s beauty became known by a local bandit. He dispatched his men to besiege them, in the hopes of taking her as his consort. Yingying’s mother declared that she would marry her daughter to whoever could save her daughter. Zhang Sheng managed to save Yingying with his friend’s help. But her mother refused to fulfil her promise because Zhang Sheng was a poor man. With the help of Hong Niang, Yingying’s maid, they broke the traditional barrier and finally got married.
During the past several hundred years, this beautiful story has greatly stimulated numerous hearts of the young people.
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Chinese Greatest love story
RomanceThese stories are known throughout China and have very tragic parts.
