竇娥冤 by Hanqing Guan
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"竇娥冤" by Hanqing Guan is a Chinese zaju play written during the Yuan dynasty (c. 1241–1320). The story follows Dou E, a young widow wrongly convicted of murder by a corrupt official. After her execution, three supernatural phenomena occur to prove her innocence: blood falling upward, snow in midsummer, and a three-year drought. Her father, now a government official, encounters her ghost and reopens the case to vindicate her and punish the
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| Author | Guan, Hanqing, 1210?-1298? |
|---|---|
| Title | 竇娥冤 |
| Alternate Title | Dou E yuan |
| Note | English title: Injustice to Dou E |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Injustice_to_Dou_E |
| Credits | Produced by Yi-che Lin |
| Language | Chinese |
| LoC Class | PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
| Subject | Chinese drama (Tragedy) |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 52276 |
| Release Date | Jun 8, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 534 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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