Chinese Yueju Opera: Ungreatful Man 3

Cast: HUANG Hui(黄慧),QIU Danli(裘丹莉)
Female role:FU School(傅派)
Male role: LU School(陆派)



Wang kui, a poor man was taken in by a kind prostitute Jiao guiying.They fell in love with each other.After several years Wang went to Peking, became an official，divorced his wife and married the doughter of a high official. Jiao guiying,his wife killed herself and be a ghost. She finally killed Wang kui.

This episode tells JIAO Guiying suicided and became a ghost.She found WANG Kui,sounded him out and begged him for sheilter,but he was cold and merciless.JIAO was in despair and killed WANG.

The lyric is:
JIAO: Please have a pity on me!
WANG: How can the disgrace be known by my wife? She would be mad at me...
How can a phoenix and titmouse live together? Your stay here will ruin my future.
JIAO:I will never blame on you because I still love you.Even though I couldn't be your wife,would you grant special favor to take me in as a maiden.I will wait on you everyday for your diet and rest.I'm willing to do that just for you.Please have a pity on me.I'm alone by myself without any friends and family. I will be satisfied just be at your side.
WANG: I cannot bear to see her crying for me but it's impossible to go back again.What should I do? How can I go back to poor again?How can I abandon the glory and fortune? The only way out is to let her give up hope.A soft-heart will bring more trouble.
JIAO Guiying I have made my mind.Just stop it!Go back and fend for oneself!
JIAO laughs.
JIAO: At the last moment you still want me to be a prostitude? Ok, now that please give me back my jade pendant.You abandoned it like abandoning me?
WANG:Oh the jade pendant was given to my wife as a gift.
JIAO: How can you do that?
WANG: I can buy you another if you want
JIAO: The jade pendant is left behind by the father...
WANG: Guiying, I admit I'm ungreatful to you but I will pay you back afterlife
JIAO: Really?
WANG: I can make an oath if you don't trust in me
JIAO: Make an oath?again? hahaha,you have already killed a JIAO Guiying, would you like to kill another?
WANG: Kill?My goodness,who the hell are you? Human or ghost?
JIAO: I'm exactly the ghost of JIAO Guiying.WANG Kui, I have sounded you out but you were cold-blooded without humanity

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Music

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• China
• Chinese
• Opera
• Yueju
• opera
• culture
• 黄慧
• 裘丹莉
• 越剧
• 越劇
• 戲劇
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