The following story is from Tang Liang's "Ten Paths and Four Treasures", which records the stories of Liang and Zhu "two people tasting classmates" and "the same tomb". The Xuanbaozhi read by Late Tang Dynasty Zhang has a more detailed record. To Feng Menglong's "Ancient and Modern Novels" in the Ming Dynasty, the plot of Yingtai does not understand the belt, Liang Shanbo is suspicious and the butterfly is added. The second half of the translation was changed and added. The illustrations in the text come from the network, if there is infringement, please inform us to delete.
Once upon a time, there was a landlord surnamed Zhu, who was called a zhu member, and she had a daughter named Zhu Yingtai, who was not only beautiful and generous, but also diligent and studious. But because it was ancient times, women could not enter the school to study, Zhu Yingtai had to lie on the window rail day and night, looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, among which the book box on his back attracted his attention the most, and his heart was envious, and he murmured in his heart that girls could only study piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and embroidery at home, why can't I go to the academy to study, thinking of this, my heart really couldn't stand it, so I rushed to my parents' room, plucked up the courage to say to my parents: "Daddy I want to go to the study hall to read... At Zhu Yingtai's repeated requests, she agreed to go to school dressed as a man, but could not bring her daughter's belongings.
Early the next morning, before the sky was too bright, she happily changed into boy clothes with her companions, bid farewell to her parents, took the book box, went to the academy, in the academy, looked at a group of strange faces, and some fierce and domineering people, looked left and right, he and the poor scholar Liang Shanbo were in agreement, she thought: "Such an excellent person, if you can be with him every day, what a happy thing, you can learn a lot of things from him, so Zhu Yingtai slowly favored Liang Shanbo.
Liang Shanbo also felt very close to her, and there was a feeling of being like the same at first sight. Therefore, they often talked about poetry and literature together, cold and hot, cared for each other, and promoted knees side by side, and the two little guessed. Later, the two became brothers, and they were inseparable from each other all the time. Spring and autumn came, three years have passed, the school year has expired, it is time to pack, say goodbye to teachers, and return to hometown.
After three years of candles in the same window, Zhu Yingtai has been deeply in love with her brother Liang, and although Liang Shanbo does not know that Zhu Yingtai is a girl, he also admires her very much. The two reluctantly broke up, and when they returned home, they missed each other day and night. A few months later, Liang Shanbo visited the Zhu family, and the results surprised and delighted him. It turned out that at this time, the Zhu Yingtai he saw was no longer the beautiful little student, but a young and beautiful big girl. At the moment of goodbye, they all understood their feelings for each other, and they were already heart-to-heart. After that, Liang Shanbo invited someone to the Zhu family to ask for relatives. But who would look up to this poor scholar, he had already given his daughter to the young master Ma Gongzi of a wealthy family. Liangshan Burton felt that all his thoughts were gray, and he fell ill and died not long after. Hearing the news of Liang Shanbo's death, Zhu Yingtai, who had been fighting against his parents against arranged marriages, suddenly became unusually calm. She put on a red dress and walked into the flower palanquin to greet her. The greeting team beats the gong and drum all the way, so it is not lively! When passing by Liang Shanbo's grave, suddenly the sand flew away, and the palanquin had to stop. Only to see Zhu Yingtai walk out of the car, take off the red clothes, a plain dress, slowly walk to the front of the grave, kneel down and cry loudly, in a flash of time the wind and rain fluttered, thunder and thunder, a "bang", the grave cracked, Zhu Yingtai seemed to see her brother Liang's gentle face again, she smiled and jumped in. Then there was a loud noise, and the grave closed. At this time, the wind cleared, the rain passed, all kinds of wildflowers swayed gently in the wind, and a pair of beautiful butterflies flew out of the grave and danced freely in the sun.