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China: Zhang Junrui meets the beauty Yingying in the Night Garden. Scene from the Xixixiang Ji< / i> or 'Romance of the Western Chamber', Wang Shifu (1250-c.1337), woodcut by Minqiji,1640
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China: Zhang Junrui meets the beauty Yingying in the Night Garden. Scene from the Xixixiang Ji< / i> or 'Romance of the Western Chamber', Wang Shifu (1250-c.1337), woodcut by Minqiji,1640
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The Story of the Western Wing or Xixixiang Ji, also translated as Romance of the Western Chamber, is one of the most famous Chinese dramatic works. It was written by the Yuan dynasty playwright Wang Shifu, and set during the Tang dynasty (618-907).
. it is the story of a young couple consummating their love without parental approval, and has been seen both as a 'lover's bible' and 'potentially dangerous', as readers were considered in danger of pining away under its influence.
. it is the story of a young couple consummating their love without parental approval, and has been seen both as a 'lover's bible' and 'potentially dangerous', as readers were considered in danger of pining away under its influence.
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Album / Universal Images Group / Pictures From History
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Image size:
5100 x 3476 px | 50.7 MB
Print size:
43.2 x 29.4 cm | 17.0 x 11.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
13TH CENTURY • 13TH • 14TH CENTURY • 14TH • 1640 • ART • ARTS • ASIA • ASIAN • CHINA • CHINE • CHINESE • DYNASTY: MING • DYNASTY: YUAN, CHINA • FOURTEENTH CENTURY • LEGEND • LETTERS • LITERATURA • LITERATURE • MING DYNASTY • MING • MINQIJI • MONGOL • MONGOLIAN TRIBES • MONGOLIANS • PAINT • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PORCELAIN • ROMANCE OF THE WEST CHAMBER • STORY OF THE WEST CHAMBER • TANG DYNASTY • TANG • WANG SHIFU • WOOD BLOCK • WOODBLOCK PRINT • WOODBLOCK • WOODCARVING • WOODCUT • WRITER • XIII CENTURY • XIV CENTURY • XIXIXIANG JI • XYLOGRAPHY • YUAN DYNASTY = YUEAN DYNASTY • YUAN DYNASTY • YUAN DYNASTY, CHINA • YUAN
