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Scholar Zhang embarking his journey to Pu Dong bronze inlaid pewter
Chinese Pinyin: Zhang Sheng Gan Kao (Ying Ju Deng Tu)
Chinese: 张生赶考 (应举登途)
Name Of Image: Scholar Zhang Embarking on His Journey to Sit for Civil-Service Examinations
Description:

Young scholar Zhang Junrui (张君瑞, also called Zhang Sheng 张生) is the male protagonist in the famous ancient Chinese play, Romance of the Western Chamber (西厢记 Xixiang ji, alternative translation is The Story of the Western Wing). He was commonly referred …

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Diao Chan burn incense Wang Yun plot Tutuhaoyi
Chinese Pinyin: Diao Chan Jiang Xiang
Chinese: 貂蝉降香
Name Of Image: Diao Chan Praying in front of Burning Incense
Description:

This is a scene from a popular traditional play ‘A Set of Interlocking Stratagems (连环计)’. The war lord Dong Zhuo (董卓, ? – 192 CE) became a senior minister in the Han court. His tendency to dominate the young sovereign, …

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Sir Michael Butler collection depicting Yingying listening to Scholar Zhang playing zither
Chinese Pinyin: Yingying Tin Qin (Qin Xin Xie Hen)
Chinese: 莺莺听琴 (琴心写恨)
Name Of Image: Yingying listening to the qin zither playing
Description:

This is Scene Five of Act Two of the Chinese classic popular drama Romance of the Western Chamber (西厢记 Xixiang ji). At a family dinner party, Zhang Junrui’s (张君瑞, also called Scholar Zhang 张生) dream of marrying Yingying (莺莺) the …

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Legend of the Jade Hairpin Boymans Van Beuningen Museum collection
Chinese Pinyin: Yu Zan Ji
Chinese: 玉簪记
Name Of Image: Legend of the Jade Hairpin
Description:

Legend of the Jade Hairpin (Yu Zan Ji 玉簪记) is a Ming-dynasty ‘marvel play’ which was the major drama genre of the time. The play, consisting of thirty-three scenes, was written by Gao Lian (高濂 fl. 1573-1581) around 1580 and …

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Romance of Three Kingdoms Zhou Yu Flogging Huang Gai
Chinese Pinyin: Zhou Yu Da Huang Gai (Ku Rou Ji)
Chinese: 周瑜打黄盖 (苦肉计)
Name Of Image: General Zhou Yu Flogging Huang Gai
Description:

There are thirty-six well-known stratagems (三十六计) that the Chinese politicians, strategists, and businessmen have been using for millennia. One of them is the ‘ruse of inflicting pain on oneself or one’s comrades to gain the enemy’s trust’. The scene depicted …

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Cleveland Museum of Art Sima Guang breaking a vat
Chinese Pinyin: Sima Guang Za Gang
Chinese: 司马光砸缸
Name Of Image: Sima Guang Breaking a Vat to Rescue His Playmate
Description:

Sima Guang (司马光, 1019-1086) is an eminent scholar and politician during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) in China. His greatest achievement in life is compiling a chronicle of 1,362 years’ history of China from 403 BCE to 959 CE. The …

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Li Mi reading books on ox back
Chinese Pinyin: Li Mi Niu Jiao Gua Shu
Chinese: 李密牛角挂书
Name Of Image: Li Mi Hanging His Books on His Ox Horns
Description:

‘Li Mi (李密 582–619) Hanging His Books on His Ox Horns’ is one of the inspirational self-improvement stories in ancient China. It was adopted in the famous Three-Character Classic (三字经 San Zi Jing), written in the 13th century. The primer …

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Yang Gui Fei getting drunk British Museum
Chinese Pinyin: Yang Gui Fei Zui Jiu
Chinese: 杨贵妃醉酒
Name Of Image: Imperial Consort Lady Yang Getting Drunk
Description:

The play Polishing the Dust-covered Mirror (磨尘鉴 Mo Chen Jian) was compiled in 1619 by an obscure playwright Niu Ge (钮格), according to some twentieth-century researchers, including the eminent scholar of the field Zheng Zhenduo (郑振铎 1898–1958). The play portrays …

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Fitzwilliam Museum Cao Guojiu Daoist immortal
Chinese Pinyin: Cao Guojiu
Chinese: 曹国舅
Name Of Image: Cao Guojiu
Description:

Cao Guojiu (曹国舅) is one of the later comers among the legendary Eight Daoist Immortals and has the fewest colourful stories attached to him. During the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), a Daoist priest named Miao Shanshi (苗善時 fl. 1324) compiled a …

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Lv Bu Diao Chan Dong Zhuo porcelain dish
Chinese Pinyin: Dong Zhuo Da Nao Feng Yi Ting
Chinese: 董卓大闹凤仪亭
Name Of Image: The Couple’s Tryst in the Phoenix Pavilion Making Dong Zhuo Fly into a Fury
Description:

Dong Zhuo (董卓 d. 192), a tyrannic warlord rising to power at the end of the Han dynasty, caused great concern among courtiers and officials. Wang Yun (王允), the Minister Over the Masses (司徒 Situ), was entrusted to figure out …

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