How Long to Read Two Shinning Stars of the Yuan Plays

How Long Does it Take to Read Two Shinning Stars of the Yuan Plays?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 2 minutes to read Two Shinning Stars of the Yuan Plays by Jialu Sun

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Dou E Yuan Dou E Yuan is based on a Han dynasty folk tale, A Filial Woman of Donghai. Guan Hanqing used the story as a framework for criticism of the evils of contemporary society. In her childhood, Dou E was sold to the Cai family to be brought up to marry their son. Soon after they married, her husband died. Dou E and her mother-in-law, who had also become widowed, were dependent on each other for survival. Donkey Zhang, a local hoodlum, pressure the pair to marry him and his father, respectively. When the two women spurned his offer, Donkey Zhang tried to poison Dou E's mother-in-law, but killed his own father by mistake. Zhang put the blame on Dou E. The muddle-headed local prefect had Dou E flogged. Dou E had no choice but confessed to the murder, then Dou E was finally executed, and Donkey Zhang got off scot-free. Facing death, Dou E cried out, "The lives of the poor, though virtuous, are short, while the evil enjoy prosperous and long lives. It is unjust. Even Heaven and Earth bully the weak and fear the strong! The earth cannot tell the good from the evil, and Heaven has wronged an innocent person." Dou E's words expressed Guan Hanqing's noble spirit of not yielding to his own hard destiny. The Romance of the Western Chamber The Romance of the Western Chamber tells that a young scholar Zhang Sheng went to the capital city to take the highest imperial examination. When he stayed in a temple, he met Cui Yingying, daughter of the then Prime Minister and fell in love with her. At that time, a group of robbers besieged them. Yingying's mother declared that she would marry her daughter to whomever could save them. Zhang Sheng managed to do that with his friend's help. But her mother refused to keep her words because he was poor. However, Yingying and Zhang Sheng loved each other very much. With the help of Hong Niang, Yingying's maid, they broke the traditional barrier. Author Bio Jialu Sun (Lucy) was born in 1998 in Qingdao, China. As a charming and happy girl, she loves swimming, piano, music and reading, etc. Benefits from her growing background, she enjoys reading and keeps the habit of writing about her experience and her thinking. In her elementary and middle school, She won many titles in many writing contests in China and used to publish articles in Qingdao Evening News and Pervading fragrance Chrysanthemum---The Collected Excellent compositions by Chinese Youngsters. When she was 12, the first book of her, The Journal of a Teenager Reporter was published in which she narrated her experience as a reporter and a screen compere at Qingdao TV Kids Channel. At the age of 14, Accompanied by her parents, she began her high school life in Northwood High School in Irvine, Orange County south California. American high school life not only broadens her eyesight and provides her an extended vision of the world, but also makes her realize the strong influence of traditional Chinese culture in the world. Thus, she has an idea to introduce some of the great traditional plays to the US students. In order to make the majority of American students to know more about the ancient Chinese culture, She adapted the most two famous of plays in Yuan Dynasty Dou E Yuan and The Romance of the Western Chamber into a lively, interesting and readable story .

How long is Two Shinning Stars of the Yuan Plays?

Two Shinning Stars of the Yuan Plays by Jialu Sun is 122 pages long, and a total of 30,744 words.

This makes it 41% the length of the average book. It also has 38% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Two Shinning Stars of the Yuan Plays Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 48 minutes to read Two Shinning Stars of the Yuan Plays aloud.

What Reading Level is Two Shinning Stars of the Yuan Plays?

Two Shinning Stars of the Yuan Plays is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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