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Snow in Summer

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System #: BA-02-1017

ISBN: 7-80005-646-5
ISBN: 7800056465

Author: Guan Hanqing

Language: English

Publisher: New World Press

Type: Paperback

Pages: 295 Pages

List price: ~~$12.00~~

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Snow in Summer (The Injustice Done to Dou E Moves Heaven and Earth) is the master work of the illustrious Yuan Dynasty zaju playwright Guan Hanging. The embryo of the story was an ancient folk tale, generally known as "The Filial Daughter of the East Coast." The earliest written accounts which are similar to the story appear in The Garden of Tales by Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty and in Ban Gu's History of the Han Dynasty, - Yu Stabilizes the Empire. It emerges in clearer outline in Jin Dynasty's Ganbao's In Search of Ghosts, upon which the zaju playwrights Wang Shifu and Liang Jinzhi based their work The Mansion of Duke Yu. But these works have no critical coloring, apart from In Search of Ghosts, which uses street anecdotes to make the point that "the gods are not deceived, " and underlines the girl' s filial constancy by stressing her spirit of resistance. Guan Hanging's accomplishment was to fuse the accounts in the records, folk tradition and the creations of the other zaju playwrights of his own times, and embellish this basis with real-life cameos of Yuan Dynasty society to produce a classic of dramatic tragedy which continues to impress audiences deeply.
The play reveals the seamy side of Yuan Dynasty society. It is a scathing indictment of corrupt officialdom and the cruel oppression of the ordinary people by conspiracies of petty local tyrants through the story of the sufferings of the heroine Dou E. At the same time, it pours enthusiastic praise on the stubborn spirit of resistance of the ordinary people. The three appeals Dou E makes to Heaven just before she is to be put to death are not only a defiance of the terrible injustice which has been visited upon her, but also a courageous challenge to the whole feudal ruling apparatus. This cry for justice, resounding through the ages, is the real reason why The Injustice Done to Dou E Moves Heaven and Earth has been an evergreen favorite on the stage for 700 years.
It was Guan Hanqing's misfortune to be born in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, when intellectuals were oppressed and despised, and their status was on a par with the very dregs of society. But it was as a result of this that he gained a deep understanding for and sympathy with the sufferings of the laboring people. As a consequence, he took delight in articulating the hopes and aspirations of the oppressed. This impulse, in fact, was what moved him to write this great tragedy, which catapulted him into the ranks of the "four great playwrights of the Yuan Dynasty. " Guan Hanqing is also one of the world's most admired dramatists.

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