Yuan's specific plays

Dou E's mother died when she was a child. Her father, Dou Zhangtian, is a poor scholar. Because there was no travelling expenses in Beijing, she sold her seven-year-old daughter to the Cai family as a child bride. Dou E/Kloc-married Cai's son at the age of 0/7, but less than two years after marriage, her husband fell ill and died, leaving only Dou E and her mother-in-law.

A local rascal named Zhang Lver bullied Cai's mother-in-law and lived in Cai's house with his father Zhang, forcing Cai's mother-in-law to marry Zhang. Grandma Cai was timid and reluctantly agreed. Zhang Maolv threatened to marry him, but resolutely refused. Gave a donkey another scolding.

Zhang donkey bears a grudge. A few days later, Cai's mother-in-law became ill and asked her to make mutton soup. Zhang donkey secretly put poison in the soup, trying to poison Cai's mother-in-law first, and then forced to get married. Dou E brought the mutton soup to Grandma Cai. Grandma Cai took the bowl and suddenly felt sick and nauseous, so she gave it to Zhang.

Zhang was poisoned, rolled on the ground a few times and swallowed. Zhang Maolv didn't expect to poison his father, so he was so angry that he planted the murder charge on him and sued Chuzhou yamen.

The magistrate of Chuzhou was secretly bribed by a donkey. Without asking indiscriminately, he took Dou E to court for interrogation and forced her to confess. Dou E was tortured to death, but she still refused to admit it.

Next, Chuzhou was really dry for three years. Everyone believed in the unjust case, and felt wronged for Dou E. It was not until his father Dou returned to Beijing to be an official that the unjust case was solved. The murderer Zhang Lver was sentenced to death, and the corrupt magistrate was duly punished.

Extended data:

Story source

The story of "feeling the sin of heaven and earth" originated from "Donghai filial wife" in Biography of Lienv. ?

Time background

In the Yuan Dynasty, some Mongolian ministers colluded with local officials to take bribes and pervert the law in order to meet the extravagant life and military needs of Mongolian nobles. Under the cruel class oppression and national oppression, the working people of all ethnic groups live a miserable life, especially the discriminated Han people and southerners, and there are countless unjust cases.

Guan Hanqing is one of some literati with a sense of justice who are dissatisfied with the dark rule of the government and expose the evil of officialdom and social injustice in the form of zaju. He wrote what he saw and heard and the tragic experience of the people into his play "Earthshaking Sin and Injustice".

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