Liu Yi and the dragon princess : a thirteenth century zaju play / by Shang Zhongxian ; translated and adapted by David Hawkes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shang, Zhongxian, active 13th century.

Contributor:

Hawkes, David.

Standardized Title:

Liu Yi chuan shu. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Shang, Zhongxian, active 13th century. Liu Yi chuan shu.

Shang, Zhongxian.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

110 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, Chinese University of Hong Kong ; [London] : [Eurospan, distributor], [2003]

Language Note:

Includes complete English translation, with selected lines in Chinese text and parallel English translation.

Summary:

"Liu Yi and the Dragon Princess is an adaptation, made with a view to a sung, staged production, of the thirteenth-century zaju play Liu Yi Chuan Shu, which was itself based on an eighth-century fairy tale about a failed examination candidate's encounter with a shepherdess in distress who turns out to be the youngest daughter of the Dragon King of Lake Dongting. The young man's help is rewarded with riches, immortality and marriage to the beautiful princess. It is a wish-fulfillment fantasy written with charm and a certain ironical edge. This adaptation consists of the freely-translated lyrics of the zaju with a new, original dialogue, including an on-stage narrator. There is a long introduction with synopses of the Chinese text of the zaju and the original story it was based on. There is also an appendix explaining the use of "padding words" in zaju."--BOOK JACKET.

Other Format:

Online version: Shang, Zhongxian, 13th cent. Liu Yi chuan shu. English. Liu Yi and the dragon princess.

ISBN:

9629960648

9789629960643

OCLC:

53069276