THE STORY OF TSUI YING-YING by YUAN CHEN

INTRODUCTION

          The story tells of a man who was innocent during his boyhood and had been searching for love. After an affair of two women, he finally found someone whom he engages into marriage.

SUMMARY

         Chang, a man who lived in the period of Chung-yuan of Tang Dynasty, had deeper feelings but was held in restraint and he would indulge in no license. He was shy and about twenty three he was not yet appreciating a woman’s beauty.

        When he went to Puchow, he met a certain of widow of Tsui whom he was related as second cousin. She was born of the Cheng family.

        The widow Cheng was very sensible of the service which Chang had rendered. She therefore provided dainties and invited him to a banquet in the Middle Hall.

        They were engaged but later they separate ways.

        Later, Chang met Ying-ying and also fell in love with her but to the disappointment of Chang’s relatives, Chang declared that he meant to break with Ying-ying.

        Ying-ying married someone else and Chang also found a wife.

CULTURAL STRAINS

            The following are the practices shown in the short story: to give services to a lady……’Chang rendered services to widow Cheng’; that a child is being idled with wearers of silk and gauze if his nature has been averse to intimacy……’since I was a child in arms, my nature has been averse to intimacy. Sometimes I have idled with wearers of silk and gauze’; to dress well by a woman for the services rendered by the man…’her dress was sober and correct, and her face was stern. She said to Chang, I am grateful for the service which you rendered to my family’; to give each other a letter with two people engaged to each other……’I would gladly have hidden your letter’; to use of zither as instrument for amusement……’she was playing on the zither’; and giving of vows of faithfulness ‘til death by two people engaged……’vows of faithfulness ‘til death.’

CONCLUSION

          The society of China accepted incestuous relationship. They believed that a man’s marriage is based on fate of intimacy.        

    

 Rebecca Rodriguez

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