柳毅传

柳毅傳

Liǔ Yì Zhuàn

proper noun

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

HSK 7-9

《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.

HSK 7-9

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