Cui Yingying

'''''Yingying's Biography''''': The story began in Pujiu Temple, where Zhang Sheng lived with Yingying's aunt's family. The family hold a feast for appreciation after Zhang Sheng rescued Yingying's aunt, Madam Zheng. In the feast, Zhang Sheng first met his cousin Cui Yingying. He fell in love with Yingying because of her beauty and talents. Zhang Sheng started writing poems to pursue Yingying. Yingying rejected him at first, and even played some tricks to blame Zhang Sheng's behavior for disobeying the moral rules. But finally, Yingying wrote poems to Zhang Sheng and actively facilitated the development of their relationship. After that, Zhang Sheng went to the capital for a civil service examination, but he failed and was stuck in the city. Even though he kept writing letters to Yingying during that time, he cheated Yingying with some excuses of humiliating women. One year later, both Yingying and Zhang Sheng married another person. Once Zhang Sheng passed Yingying's home, he asked to meet Yingying as her brother, Yingying rejected him. Romance of the West Chamber: Romance of the West Chamber was adapted from ''Yingying's Biography'' in Zaju, a version of Chinese Opera. This adaptation is most popular and even performed on today’s stage. == Characteristic Development ==

From ''Yingying's Biography to Romance of the West Chamer'', from Tang Dynasty to Yuan Dynasty, the social and cultural changes influenced the adaptation in Cui Yingying's Characteristics. And scholars generally compared Cui Yingying's image among different versions of her stories. The Development of Family Backgrounds and Social Status In ''Yingying's Biography'', it only pointed out that Yingying's family is rich, but described nothing about Yingying's father's position. This hints that Yingying may not have been born in a family with high social status. The aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty maintained a deep sense of social hierarchy, so Yingying's family cannot offer support to Zhang Sheng in his future career path. Not to mention that her father had already passed away, leaving only her mother and younger brother at home. However, in Romance of the West Chamer, author adapted Cui Yingying to be Prime Minister's daughter, and her uncle is Minister Zheng. Shifu Wang also pointed out that Yingying and her mother went to Boling to bury her father. The Cui family in Boling was a distinguished lineage from Han dynasty to Tang dynasty, From Insecure and Timid to Determined and Rebellious In ''Yingying's Biography, Cui Yingying was born in a noble but declining family, which formed her insecure characteristics, and lack of confidence in love. When Zhang Sheng expressed love to her, even though she also crushed on him, she cannot tell Zhang Sheng her feelings, but just kept playing the zither to show her sorrow. Even in the end, Zhang Sheng cheated her, she still felt it was due to her backgrounds and status. However, in the Romance of the West Chamber'', Cui Yingying was born in a highly influential and powerful family, she was confident and active in pursuing her love and happiness. She led Zhang Sheng to pursue her, and when confronted family's opposition, she did not accept the fate, but expressed the absurdity of this arrangement, which hints her rebellion against feudal society. ==Further reading==