"西廂記" by Shifu Wang is a dramatic work written during the Yuan dynasty. Set in Tang dynasty China, it tells the story of Zhang Sheng, a young scholar, and Cui Yingying, a minister's daughter, who fall in love at a Buddhist monastery. When bandits threaten and family promises are broken, the lovers must rely on a clever maid to unite them secretly. Their happiness depends on one final condition: Zhang must prove himself worthy by passing the civil service examination. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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