竇娥寃 by Hanqing Guan
"竇娥寃" by Hanqing Guan is a Chinese zaju play written during the Yuan dynasty (c. 1241–1320). The story follows Dou E, a young widow who is wrongly convicted of murder by a corrupt official after rejecting a suitor's advances. Before her execution, she prophesies three supernatural events to prove her innocence: blood will not touch the ground, snow will fall in midsummer, and drought will strike for three years. When all three
occur, her ghost seeks justice through her father, now a government official. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Guan, Hanqing, 1210?-1298? |
|---|---|
| Title | 竇娥寃 |
| Alternate Title | Dou E Yuan |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Injustice_to_Dou_E |
| Credits | Produced by Shi Ting Ling |
| Language | Chinese |
| LoC Class | PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
| Subject | Chinese drama (Tragedy) |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 24004 |
| Release Date | Dec 24, 2007 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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