Huizhen Quantu, West Chamber, Picture Scroll, Qing Dynasty, Yu Zhiding Painting, ink and color on paper (871.5x29.6 cm), Collection of Chester Beatty Library, Ireland
"Huizhen Quantu" (West Chamber Story Picture Scroll) was painted by Yu Zhiding of the Qing Dynasty. The scroll is divided into 20 scenes, depicting the story of "The Legend of the West Chamber" (edited by Wang Shifu of the Yuan Dynasty, based on the "Huizhen Ji" by Yuan Zhi in the Tang Dynasty): the story of scholar Zhang Junrui and Miss Xiangguo Cui Yingying, with the help of the maid matchmaker, broke through the obstacles of Sun Feihu, Cui Mu, Zheng Heng and others, and finally became a family. This volume is now in the collection of the Chester Beatty Library, Ireland.
The general content of "The Legend of the West Chamber": Zhang Hui (the word Junrui), a scholar who stayed in the Pufu Temple in Shanxi, met Cui Yingying, the daughter of the former Cui Xiangguo, who returned to his hometown to live in the West Chamber of the temple, and fell in love with each other because of his poetry.
The rebel general Sun Feihu led his subordinates to admire the temple, and wanted to rob Cui Yingying, if he did not hand over Yingying within three days, "all the Jialan were burned, and the monks and laymen were cut in inches, leaving no one." Yingying's mother, the old lady Zheng, declared that whoever could save his daughter would marry him, and Zhang Sheng wrote a distress letter to his old "White Horse General" Puzhou Du Taishou, which was surrounded by a monk (Hui Ming), and Du Taishou sent troops to relieve the siege.
Later, the old lady regretted her marriage because of the family's inappropriateness, but only gave a bonus and asked Yingying to worship Zhang Sheng as a righteous brother to thank her for rescue. Zhang Sheng fell ill under grief, and Yingying was also greatly hurt, and later with the help of Yingying's maid matchmaker, the two secretly exchanged letters, and finally succeeded in tryst.
In the end, the old lady found out about the affair and wanted to punish the two, but because the matchmaker argued with reason, in desperation, the old lady ordered Zhang Sheng to go to Beijing to catch the exam.
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Furyu Tale Book
Furyu Tale Book
Furyu Tale Book
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Amazing, borrowed box
Rhyme, fasting
Temple police, banquet
Lai marriage, Qin Xin
Before, noisy
Lai Jian, waiting
Remuneration is simple, copy red
Crying feasts, frightening dreams
Victory, send shirts
Marriage proposal, reunion
Huang Yuanzhi
Chen Yixi
Chen Yixi
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Yu Zhiding (1647–1716) was a painter of the Qing Dynasty. The word Shangji, the word Shangji, a Shangji, the number Shenzhai. Later, he was sent to Jiangdu. He is good at landscapes, people, flowers, birds, animals, and especially portraits. The first teacher Lan Ying, and then the Song and Yuan dynasties, turned to benefit the teachers, was good at copying, and had a solid foundation.