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Ten classic tragedies of China.
China's Ten Classic Tragedies: Dou E, Autumn in the Han Palace, The Orphan of Zhao, Pipa Trip, Zhongjing Banner, Jiao Hong Collection, Qing Zhong Pu, Changsheng Palace, Peach Blossom Fan and Leifeng Pagoda.

1, "Dou Eyuan"

Dou E Yuan is one of the top ten tragedies in China, and it is a famous drama with high cultural value and broad mass base. According to statistics, it has been performed in about 86 plays in China.

2. Autumn in Han Palace

Ma Yuan Zhiyuan's Historical Plays. It is written that Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty was threatened by Xiongnu and was forced to send his beloved Princess Wang Zhaojun to the fortress for a kiss. 60% off the whole play, a wedge.

3. Zhao Orphan

Revenge for Zhao's Orphan, the full name of which is Revenge for Zhao's Orphan, is a zaju work in Yuan Dynasty, written by Ji. This story is based on the Zhao family recorded in historical books.

4. Pipa story

Southern Opera in the late Yuan Dynasty was written by Gao Ming. Write about the joys and sorrows of scholars Cai and Zhao Wuniang in Han Dynasty. Forty-two in all. The story of Pipa, known as the legendary ancestor, is a classic in China's ancient operas.

5. Zhong Jing standard

Writing the story of Yue Fei, a national hero in the Southern Song Dynasty, who was killed by the traitor Qin Gui is an excellent tragic work in China's classical opera. The story of Yue Fei has been circulated among the people for a long time. In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there were "An Incident Occurred in the East Window of Qin Taishi" and "Song General Yue Fei Loyalty and Righteousness".

6. The Story of Jiao Hong

The first and second volumes are the earliest classical Chinese novellas after China and Song Dynasty. Nowadays, it mostly appears in the form of Jiao Hong's zaju. In the preface to Jiao Hong's Zaju, there is "the first edition of Song Meidong's taste in Yuan Qingjiang, which is full of things and profound literature." In a word, it is inferred that the author of the book is Song.

7. Chungcheongpu

China's Legendary Works in the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties. Author Li Yu. It reflects the historical facts that eunuch Wei Zhongxian and others persecuted party member during the apocalypse of the Ming Dynasty, and successfully shaped the image of Yan and other "five righteous" citizens. They sacrifice their lives for justice, are fearless and emotional, in stark contrast to timid and pedantic petitioners.

8. the palace of eternal life

Many people in the early Qing Dynasty alluded to and discussed the lessons of the demise of the Ming Dynasty in their works. Kong Renshang's Peach Blossom Fan is such a work, as is the Palace of Eternal Life, which focuses on describing the fatuity and political corruption of the emperor during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, which brought great disasters to the country and led to the near collapse of the dynasty.

9.peach blossom fan

The whole drama is interspersed with historical events at that time, such as how the monarch and his subjects of Nanming were overjoyed, four towns led the troops to fight the civil war, and Shi Kefa committed suicide by sticking to Yangzhou City and throwing himself into the river.

Leifeng Tower 10

Leifeng Pagoda is a legendary work of China in Qing Dynasty. There are two books, one is easy to write and the other is written by Fang Chengpei. According to Feng Menglong's story adaptation of the White Niangzi's Leifeng Pagoda in Yongzheng, the story of the White Niangzi, which has been circulating among the people, was finally finalized.