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Xuanzang's journey along the Silk Road, and the legends that grew up around it, inspired the Ming novel Journey to the West, one of the great classics of Chinese literature. The fictional counterpart Tang Sanzang is the reincarnation of the Golden Cicada, a disciple of Gautama Buddha , and is protected on his journey by four powerful disciples.
The book was compiled in 646, describing travels undertaken between 626 and 645. [1] Bianji, a disciple of Xuanzang, spent more than one year editing the book through Xuanzang's dictation. The text presents an account of Xuanzang's route with religious details as well as reports of the people and places he encountered. [2]
Verona is the literary hometown of Romeo and Juliet, the lead characters in Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet. Ningbo is the setting for the Chinese classical romantic tragedy Butterfly Lovers, or Liang Zhu. The Butterfly Lovers is also known as the Chinese Romeo and Juliet.
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Tang Sanzang is modeled after the historical Tang dynasty Buddhist monk Xuanzang, whose life was the book's inspiration; the real Xuanzang made a perilous journey on foot from China to India (and back) to obtain Buddhist sutras. [3]
Even when she lies apparently dead in the tomb, he says her "beauty makes / This vault a feasting presence full of light." [56] Juliet describes Romeo as "day in night" and "Whiter than snow upon a raven's back." [57] [58] This contrast of light and dark can be expanded as symbols—contrasting love and hate, youth and age in a metaphoric way. [49]
Television shows based on Romeo and Juliet (12 P) Pages in category "Works based on Romeo and Juliet " The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona, Italy, features the eponymous protagonists Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet.The cast of characters also includes members of their respective families and households; Prince Escalus, the city's ruler, and his kinsman, Count Paris; and various unaffiliated characters such as Friar Laurence and the Chorus.