Yingying's Biography | |||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 鶯鶯傳 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 莺莺传 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Biography of Ying-ying (traditional Chinese: 鶯鶯傳; simplified Chinese: 莺莺传; pinyin: Yīngyīng zhuàn), also translated as The Tale of Yingying or The Story of Yingying, by Yuan Zhen, is a Tang dynasty chuanqi tale.[1] It tells the story of a relationship conflicted between love and duty between a 16-year-old girl and a 21-year-old student. It is considered to be one of the most well-known works of fiction in Chinese literature.