The article “The Seduction of Authenticity: the Story of Yingying” reviews the authenticity of the Tang Dynasty and its significance from the perspective of “The Story of Yingying”(Yingying zhuan莺莺传)[ Zhen, Yuan, The Story of Cui Yingying, Tang Chuan Qi]. “The Story of Yingying” is a legendary novel of the Tang dynasty, compiled by Yuan Zhen (元稹)[ Yuan Zhen (779 - 831), born in Henan Luoyang, famous poet, writer in the Tang Dynasty]. This is a tragic story of the poor scholar, Zhang (张生), who falls in love with the aristocratic woman, Yingying (崔莺莺), but abandoned her later. The story starts when Zhang saves his aunt’s family when he was living in the Puzhou Pujiu Temple. At dinner when he first saw his cousin Yingying, he falls in love
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Louis: Brill, Leiden, 2005, 43] as one of his reason to explain reality. Based on research, Yuan Zhen also all in love with his distant relative Cui. They were childhood playdates, they got along very well and fell in love with each other. Later, Yuan Zhen participated in the imperial examinations, then embarked on his career. Yuan Zhen was appreciated by Tang governor Wei XiaQing (韦夏卿)[ Wei XiaQing (742 – 806), Tang governor and Tang books collector. Wei has a daughter call Wei Cong who married Yuan Zhen when he is not famous. ] and married his daughter. At this time he is flattered. Since then, Yuan Zhen rarely got to see Cui. His guilt constantly showed up as time went by and he could not forget Cui. In the “The Story of Yingying”, Yuan Zhen compared himself to Zhang, and Yingying as his true love Cui. "Yingying Biography" can also be called as Yuan Zhen's autobiography. The Tang Dynasty poets are good at refining the universal human feelings, showing the common feelings of life so that it is close to the height of life philosophy, which can still cause the most widespread resonance in the next generation. The author's personal experience brought a lot of inspiration when they were writing. I agree with Manling Luo that “Yuan Zhen tended to strengthen the story’s intensive attention to the …show more content…
The prosperous city and the developed commercial economy in the Tang Dynasty resulted in a variety of popular literary forms for people, all based on fictional stories to attract readers. This kind of emerging popular literature will inevitably bring stimulus and provide fresh material for literati creation. However, the cultural consciousness of aristocrats in the Tang Dynasty has been gradually declining. Although the attitude of underestimated novels in literati has not been completely changed, many writers have turned their attention into more poetic prose for more interesting creation. Tang legend is the most prosperous period in the Tang Dynasty; there are also social and psychological factors. Generally speaking, the Tang Dynasty was an era full of romance. This romantic spirit once appeared in the poems of the early prosperous Tang Dynasty in the characteristics full of passion, full of confidence and enterprising consciousness. By the middle of Tang dynasty, literati and physicians had fewer expectations of society than they did in their lives, and their souls needed their sustenance in a world other than reality. The novel just provides a fictional world in which people can imagine life, explain life and express their wishes for life. The love story of the Tang Dynasty mainly climaxes in the late Tang Dynasty and the brilliant period of the Tang legend in the
Louis: Brill, Leiden, 2005, 43] as one of his reason to explain reality. Based on research, Yuan Zhen also all in love with his distant relative Cui. They were childhood playdates, they got along very well and fell in love with each other. Later, Yuan Zhen participated in the imperial examinations, then embarked on his career. Yuan Zhen was appreciated by Tang governor Wei XiaQing (韦夏卿)[ Wei XiaQing (742 – 806), Tang governor and Tang books collector. Wei has a daughter call Wei Cong who married Yuan Zhen when he is not famous. ] and married his daughter. At this time he is flattered. Since then, Yuan Zhen rarely got to see Cui. His guilt constantly showed up as time went by and he could not forget Cui. In the “The Story of Yingying”, Yuan Zhen compared himself to Zhang, and Yingying as his true love Cui. "Yingying Biography" can also be called as Yuan Zhen's autobiography. The Tang Dynasty poets are good at refining the universal human feelings, showing the common feelings of life so that it is close to the height of life philosophy, which can still cause the most widespread resonance in the next generation. The author's personal experience brought a lot of inspiration when they were writing. I agree with Manling Luo that “Yuan Zhen tended to strengthen the story’s intensive attention to the …show more content…
The prosperous city and the developed commercial economy in the Tang Dynasty resulted in a variety of popular literary forms for people, all based on fictional stories to attract readers. This kind of emerging popular literature will inevitably bring stimulus and provide fresh material for literati creation. However, the cultural consciousness of aristocrats in the Tang Dynasty has been gradually declining. Although the attitude of underestimated novels in literati has not been completely changed, many writers have turned their attention into more poetic prose for more interesting creation. Tang legend is the most prosperous period in the Tang Dynasty; there are also social and psychological factors. Generally speaking, the Tang Dynasty was an era full of romance. This romantic spirit once appeared in the poems of the early prosperous Tang Dynasty in the characteristics full of passion, full of confidence and enterprising consciousness. By the middle of Tang dynasty, literati and physicians had fewer expectations of society than they did in their lives, and their souls needed their sustenance in a world other than reality. The novel just provides a fictional world in which people can imagine life, explain life and express their wishes for life. The love story of the Tang Dynasty mainly climaxes in the late Tang Dynasty and the brilliant period of the Tang legend in the