It means that the song of the jade flute brings back the heartbroken past of the Moon Palace Fairy, and the bright moon cannot be full. The flute made of purple bamboo blows sad tunes, which keeps the beauty awake at night. The night wind blows into the boudoir, and thinking of the ruthless man makes her heart feel desolate.

From Li Yu's "Li Weng Duiyun" in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Original text: The crane dances on the roof of the building, and the jade flute breaks the fairy moon; on the Fengxiang platform, the purple flute blows off the beauty's wind.

Translation: The crane dances on the top of the building, and the sound of the jade flute makes the moon as beautiful as a fairy crippled with its melancholy sound; while the phoenix soars above Qiongtai, and the purple flute bursts. , the tone blown also broke the beautiful wind like a beauty.

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About the author

Li Yu (1611-1680), first known as Xianlian, later changed his name to Yu, with the courtesy name Ban Fan and Li Weng. Han nationality, a native of Xiali Village, Lanxi County, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, was born in Pheasant Gao, South Zhili (now Rugao City, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province). He was a writer, dramatist, drama theorist and esthetician in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

He has been smart since childhood and is good at ancient Chinese poetry. In the tenth year of Chongzhi (1637), he was admitted to Jinhua Prefecture as a student. After entering the Qing Dynasty, he had no intention of becoming an official and engaged in writing and directing drama performances. ?

In the eighth year of Shunzhi (1651), 41-year-old Li Yu moved to Hangzhou, and later moved to Jinling. He built a separate business in Jinling's "Mustard Seed Garden", opened a bookstore, compiled and engraved books, and paid homage to high-ranking officials. Nobles and celebrities in literary circles. In the 16th year of Kangxi's reign (1677), he returned to Hangzhou and built the "Layer Garden" at the eastern foot of Yunju Mountain in Hangzhou. ?

Li Yu is known as a talented man and is known as "Li Shilang" in the world. His family set up a theater troupe and performed in various places, thus accumulating rich experience in opera creation and performance and proposing a relatively complete theoretical system of drama. , was hailed by later generations as the "Forefather of Chinese Drama Theory", "World Comedy Master" and "Oriental Shakespeare". He is an advocate of leisure culture and a pioneer of the cultural industry, and is listed as one of the world's cultural celebrities.

Baidu Encyclopedia—Li Yu