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* * An Extraordinary Chinese Love Story by xiangweibo (lynn) ZAFU Tang Xianzu and Abstract of His New Abridged Version of The Peony Pavilion BACKGROUD the first batch “Human Beings’ Verbal and Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Work” selected by UNESCO “Kun opera originated near Suzhou more than five hundred years ago. Known as the ’Mother of Chinese Opera,it is one of our oldest and most celebrated dramatic forms.”- Kenneth Pai Pai Hsien-yung Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature at University California,Santa Barbara. the “ young version” of The Peony Pavilion, adapted by Pai Hsien-Yung Follow me to the magic of a love story Du’Mansion Nai’an city, Jiangxi Province 杜丽娘偕丫鬟春香入后花园游赏，春光满眼，心驰神逸。 Walking Around in the Garden to Have Some Fun Du Liniang appreciates the spring scenery in the garden accompanied by her maid Chunxiang, becoming intoxicated by its beauty. 杜丽娘于园中小寐，梦见俊朗书生柳梦梅， 情投意合，两相温存，醒来怅然若失。 Having a Lovely Dream Du Liniang falls asleep in the garden and in her dream she meets a handsome scholar named Liu Mengmei. They fall in love at first sight and being together with him and enjoying their mutual affection, she gets lost and finds no way to be herself again when she wakes up. 杜丽娘思念成疾日渐消瘦，自作画像一帧， 并告春香梦中与持柳枝的书生相会之事。 Portraying Herself Du Liniang falls ill because she misses her Prince Charming so much. She draws a portrait of herself and imparts to Chunxiang the contents of her rendezvous in the dream with the scholar holding willow branch in his hand. 中秋之夜，杜丽娘伤情而亡，弥留时嘱春香将其 葬于后花园梅树下，画像埋于太湖石下。 Going to Paradise In the mid-autumn moonlight, Du Liniang instructs Chunxiang to bury her beside the plum tree in the garden and bury her portrait under the Taihu Lake stone, and then she returns to dust. 柳梦梅自述家门，言自己亦曾梦见个美人，不忍忘怀。 Imparting His Inner Feelings Liu Mengmei introduces him self and says that he has met a beauty in his dream and he cannot get her off his mind. Liu’Mansion Guangdong Province 柳梦梅拾得丽娘画像，一见倾心，日夜把玩流连， 情切之处声声唤取画中人儿。