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Romance of the Western Chamber
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Romance_of_the_Western_Chamber
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
Chinese opera
gptkbp:author
gptkb:Wang_Shifu
gptkbp:basedOn
gptkb:The_Story_of_Yingying
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:China
gptkbp:dateWritten
circa 1299
gptkbp:firstPublished
gptkb:Yuan_dynasty
gptkbp:genre
gptkb:Drama
Romantic comedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Romance of the Western Chamber
gptkbp:influenced
Chinese literature
Chinese opera
gptkbp:mainCharacter
gptkb:Hongniang
gptkb:Cui_Yingying
gptkb:Zhang_Sheng
gptkbp:notableAdaptation
Chinese opera
Film adaptations
gptkbp:notableCharacter
gptkb:Abbot_Huiming
gptkb:General_Du
gptkb:Madam_Cui
gptkbp:notableQuote
‘If life were only as beautiful as at first sight’
gptkbp:numberOfActs
five
gptkbp:originalLanguage
gptkb:Classical_Chinese
gptkbp:setting
gptkb:Tang_dynasty
gptkbp:significance
Influential in East Asian literature
One of the most famous Chinese plays
gptkbp:subject
Forbidden love
Secret marriage
gptkbp:theme
Individual desire vs. tradition
Love conquers obstacles
Social conventions
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Yuan_dynasty_literature
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6