Romance of the West Chamber

Let the crane monk die in the rain, and listen to the oriole crossing the Six Bridges.

From the ancient poem "Seeking Cao Neng in the West Lake" by the poet He Bi in Ming Dynasty. Original: Where is the spring breeze? Monk Ren He died in the rain, listening to the warblers singing across the Six Bridges. Poetry seeks who is near the temple, and wine carries peach blossoms. Wandering souls are easily broken, and there are crows in spring trees.

He Bi is good at writing poems and likes opera. Teenagers are frivolous and obsessed with Buddhism, calling themselves "chivalrous Zen". There is a volume of poetry, Liao, and a volume of sending a guest, both of which have been lost. There are several other poems written by He Bi in The Comprehensive Poems of Ming Dynasty, from which we can see his generosity and chivalry. He Bi's main contribution is to edit and print Wang Shifu's The West Chamber.

The West Chamber, revised by He Bi, is an excellent theoretical work of drama literature, with more concentrated and reasonable viewpoints and more concise and capable words, especially the preface. The West Chamber published by He Bi became an important publication in the forty-four years of Wanli. 196 1, Shanghai Ancient Books Bookstore reprinted the book Northwest Room of Hebi School in Ming Dynasty.

He Bi also wrote A Brief History of Ancient and Modern People (12), and Amin's edition is available today. Qing Qianlong's "Fuqing County Records and Arts Records" lists his "Ji Keji". He Bi's deeds are mostly found in books such as Shi Hua and Shi Zhuan. In Qing Dynasty, money was recorded in He Bi, a Biography of Poems in Past Dynasties. Zhu Yizun, a litterateur in the Qing Dynasty, called him a "strange man" in Poems of Living in Idleness.

About the author:

He Bi (date of birth and death unknown) was born in Li Shihe, Fuqing (now Longtian Town). He is a big man, bohemian, and likes to drink and write poems. When I was young, I studied in Pure Land and Nanjing, which was appreciated by Wang Ruo, Cao Xuequan and Zhang Tao. He Bi is good at writing poetry and opera. Teenagers are frivolous and obsessed with Buddhism, calling themselves "chivalrous Zen".

There is a volume of poetry, Liao, and a volume of sending a guest, both of which have been lost. There are several other poems written by He Bi in The Comprehensive Poems of Ming Dynasty, from which we can see his generosity and chivalry. He Bi is outstanding in poetry, and his main contribution lies in editing and printing Wang Shifu's The West Chamber. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli (16 16), the two-volume edition of Northwest Room was edited and engraved.