A prefect's sixteen-year-old daughter, she falls in love in a dream, dies of longing, and comes back to life when 柳梦梅 opens her grave. In his preface 汤显祖 sums her up: 情不知所起，一往而深 'love begins one knows not where, and goes ever deeper'.
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Her garden and dream scenes, 游园 and 惊梦, are among the most performed pieces of kunqu opera, and her line 良辰美景奈何天 'a fine hour, a lovely scene, but what is to be done with such a day' is one of its best known.
