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“All Shall Be Well, Jack Shall Have Jill”—On the Value and Significance of Feelings in The Romance of Western Chamber by Wang Shifu

Authors
Jingyi Wu1, *
1School of Humanities, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330000, Jiangxi, China
*Corresponding author. Email: wujingyi992022@163.com
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Jingyi Wu
Available Online 13 February 2023.
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10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_2How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Wang Shifu; The Romance of Western Chamber; Sentiment
Abstract

The Romance of Western Chamber, created by Wang Shifu in the Yuan Dynasty, was adapted on the basis of Tang Yuanzhen’s Biography of YingYing and Dong Jieyuan’s Western Chamber Zhugongdiao, reflecting the influence of social backgrounds and emotional concepts in different times. Wang Shifu’s The Romance of Western Chamber develops the traditional story mode of “talented people and beauty” and expands the scope of emotional care. At the same time, it highlights the autonomy of women in the pursuit of freedom of love and breaks the marriage tradition of “men are superior to women” to a certain extent. Not only because of the beauty of its lyrics, but also because it reflects the value of emotion, it depicts the beauty of faithful love in the struggle for freedom of marriage and love, which fits the psychology of ordinary people who are deeply bound by the concepts of feudal society.

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Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
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13 February 2023
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978-2-494069-97-8
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