Idle poems

A poem presented by Cui Yingying to Zhang Sheng in Wang Shifu's The West Chamber in Yuan Dynasty.

It means: living in a boudoir for a long time is unbearable, doing nothing to kill the spring, and I expect wandering literati to pity sighers as much as I do.

It is said that Zhang Sheng learned from the monk that Miss Yingying went to the garden to burn incense every night. In the dead of night, the moon is clear and the monks are asleep. Zhang Sheng came to the back garden and watched the young lady burn incense. Then he recited a poem: "The moonlight melts into the night, and the shadows in spring are silent; How can I face the noise and not see the people in the moon? " Yingying also immediately sang a song: "Gui Lan has been lonely for a long time, which has nothing to do with her spring;" Those who are expected to sing deserve sympathy. "

Extended data

The Story of the Western Chamber was written in the years of Yuan Zhen and Dade (1295~ 1307). The whole drama tells the story of scholars Zhang Sheng (played by Zhang Junrui) and Miss Guo Xiang Cui Yingying who, with the help of the matchmaker, broke through the barriers of Sun Feihu, Cui Mu and Zheng Heng and finally got married.

The play has a strong color of anti-feudal ethics. The author writes about the young people's longing for love, the uncontrollable legitimate feelings and desires, and the conflict between the young people's own wishes and their parents' wishes. Expressed the love concept of "May all living beings in the world become one family".

The whole drama system is magnificent, and it takes five books to perform a complete story at a 20% discount, which is rare in ancient zaju. The plot festival is fascinating, vivid, literary and poetic.

The Romance of the West Chamber puts forward the proposition that "All shall be well, jack shall have Jill", which has a more distinct theme of anti-feudal ethics and anti-feudal marriage system.

Scholars in past dynasties especially favored The West Chamber, and now there are more than 100 editions in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is the highest among classical plays. Latin, English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Japanese, etc. It has been translated and influenced all over the world.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Cui Yingying is waiting for the moon in the west wing.