Description

This Southern drama Ti hong ji (Story of the poem written on the red leaf) was written by Wang Jide (died 1623), based on Hong ye ji (Story of the red leaf), written by his grandfather Wang Lufeng. The play has 36 scenes in two juan. It tells the story of the court lady Han Cuiping, who composed a poem on a red leaf that floated out of the palace drain and was received by scholar Yu You, and of their eventual happy union. The original story came from Liu ...