"琵琶記" by Ming Gao is a Chinese nanxi play written during the late Yuan dynasty. Set in the Han dynasty, it tells the story of Zhao Wuniang, a loyal wife left destitute when her husband is forced to marry another woman. She embarks on a twelve-year search for him, playing the pipa to survive. The play became the most popular drama of the Ming dynasty and established a new literary standard for Chinese theatre. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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