牡丹亭 英语论文.doc

2015年《中国传统文化》课程论文 姓名： 陆芝燕 学号： 201320500121 班级： 1325001 任课教师： 宋玲玲 2015年12月 The Peony Pavilion The Peony Pavilion, or The Return of the Soul at the Peony Pavilion in full written by Tang Xianzu, (1550--1616) a famous playwright as well as known as “the Oriental Shakespeare ” of the Ming Dynasty. He was a native of Lingchuan, Jiangxi. As a man fulled with integrity, he resolutely refused to become an appendage to the bigwigs Zhang Juzheng, who came power at that time, and then resigned from office and returned home at the age of forty-nine in 1598. In his whole life, Tang admired Li zhi, a ideologist who was rejected by feudal formal schools. Thus resistance of bigwigs, exposion of political corruption and individual liberation consist of his creation. The Peony Pavilion is another love story that enjoy worldwide popularity after Romance of the Western Chamber. It describes a young girl named Du Liniang who starts to have a longing for love at the arousal of the love song from The Book of songs, then when she goes to the garden for relaxation with her maid Chunxiang, she sees Liu mengmei in her dream. After visiting the garden in the spring, Du Liniang becomes lovesick and dies of lovesickness. Three years later, while Liu mengmei is passing by Du Liniang’ tomb on his way to Lin’an to sit for government examination, the soul of Du Liniang shows up and have a secret rendezvous. With the help of Liu mengmei, Du Liniang revives from the death and they get married without parents’permission. After Du Liniang comes back to life, however, her father Du Bao confirmly sees his daughter as an evil spirit and accuses Liu mengmei of robbing his daughter’ tomb. Du Liniang goes to the imperial to make an appeal. Liu mengmei succeeds in the government examination. At the imperial decree, Du Bao gives approval to his daughter’ marriag