On Zhang Sheng's love story in The West Chamber?

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A synopsis of The West Chamber;

During the Zhenyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Cui died of illness. His wife Zheng returned to Boling, Hebei Province for burial with more than 30 people, including her daughter Yingying, a maid matchmaker and her child Huanlang. The road is blocked. They live in Pujiu Temple in He Zhong. At this time, Zhang, a scholar in Luoyang, Henan Province, went to Chang 'an to catch the exam, passed by Hezhong House to visit his old friend General Baima, and met Yingying while visiting Pujiu Temple, which made him admire him. In order to pursue Yingying, Zhang Sheng borrowed a compartment to live in a temple.

Zhang Sheng's residence is separated from Yingying's west wing by a wall. One night, Yingying and the matchmaker were burning incense and praying in the garden. Zhang Sheng sang a poem loudly through the partition wall: "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 immediately wrote a poem: "Gui Lan has been lonely for a long time and has nothing to do with Fang Chun;" Those who are expected to sing deserve sympathy. Yingying's talent further touched Zhang Sheng.

When I was doing a super-living Dojo for Cui, I met Yingying again. At this time, the rebels guarding the bridge and Sun Feihu surrounded the temple and tried to rob Yingying as his wife. Cui Furen asked for help everywhere and made a wish: "Whoever has a plan to retreat will marry Yingying." Zhang Sheng went forward and wrote a letter to Du Kui, the white horse general. Du sure enough reinforcements arrived, and he was defeated and captured.

Unexpectedly, Cui Furen broke his word and refused to marry Yingying to Zhang Sheng, asking them to be brother and sister. Zhang sheng got sick because of this. The matchmaker suggested that Zhang Shengsheng play the piano under the moon. Yingying was very moved and asked the matchmaker to visit Zhang Sheng. Zhang Sheng asked the matchmaker to send a book to express his intention of seeing Yingying under the moon. Yingying wrote back and sent a message that "the moon is on the west wing, the windward door is half open, the partition wall is moving, and the suspected jade man is coming." That night, Zhang Sheng climbed over the wall to keep an appointment. Because the matchmaker was present, Yingying pretended to be angry and scolded Zhang Sheng for his recklessness. Zhang Sheng has been ill since then. Yingying couldn't help worrying, so she asked the matchmaker for soup, medicine and love poems. That night, Yingying came to Zhang Sheng's study and made a lifelong engagement with Zhang Sheng. Mrs Cui was very angry when she learned about it. She tortured the matchmaker, who refused to argue, and cleverly persuaded Cui Furen that she had to promise Yingying to marry Zhang Sheng, but she forced Zhang Sheng to take the exam in Beijing immediately. If she fails, she still refuses to marry her daughter.

Zhang Sheng bid farewell to Yingying, went to Beijing to take the exam and won the first prize. However, Cui Furen's nephew Zheng Hengzao said that Zhang became the son-in-law of Wei Shangshu and forced Cui Furen to marry Yingying. At this time, Zhang Sheng returned to Pujiu Temple. With the help of General Baima, he exposed Zheng Heng's plot and married Yingying.

The Romance of the West Chamber comes from the novel Yingying Biography (also known as Hui Zhen Ji) written by Yuan Zhen in the Tang Dynasty.