柳毅传

柳毅傳

LiǔYìZhuàn

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Meanings

1 The Tale of Liu Yi — a Tang-dynasty fantasy novella by Li Chaowei (李朝威) about a scholar who delivers a letter from the dragon king's daughter

Characters

surname Liu (willow)

resolute (given name)

biography; tale

Examples

《柳毅传》是唐代著名的传奇小说。

Liǔ Yì Zhuàn shì Tángdài zhùmíng de chuánqí xiǎoshuō.

The Tale of Liu Yi is a famous Tang-dynasty chuanqi novella.

后世许多戏曲都改编自《柳毅传》。

Hòushì xǔduō xìqǔ dōu gǎibiān zì Liǔ Yì Zhuàn.

Many later operas were adapted from The Tale of Liu Yi.

Tips

culture

Tang chuanqi (传奇) is the genre of literary tales — early Chinese fantasy fiction. Liu Yi runs into a banished dragon princess herding sheep on a riverbank, takes her letter to her father the Dongting Lake dragon king, and eventually marries her. It seeded countless later operas, the most famous being Yuan-dynasty 《柳毅传书》.

Stroke Order

柳 liǔ

毅 Yì

传 chuán