HONG LOU MENG: WANG XIFENG DU SHE XIANGSIJU {DREAM
OF RED MANSIONS: WANG XIFENG PLANS A LOVE TRAP}
{PT. 5 OF 36} {MANDARIN CHINESE} (TV)
Summary
The first of two programs on this tape. Part five of
thirty-six in this television adaptation of the classic
Chinese novel, "A Dream of Red Mansions," written by Cao
Xueqin in the mid-1700s.Ê While this adaptation follows
the love triangle between the main male heir (Jia Baoyu)
and his two female first cousins (Lin Daiyu and Xue
Baochai), it also shows the rise and fall of the four
elite families (Jia, Wang, Shi, and Xue) of the novel.
In this installment, Wang Xifeng plays a cruel joke on
Jia Rui, which results in his death; Lin Daiyu goes to
visit her ill father; and suspicion arises over an
affair between Qin Keqing and her father-in-law, Jia
Zhen, which results in Qin Keqing taking her own life.
It begins with Jia Rui's infatuation with Wang Xifeng.
Xifeng is offended by his advances and decides to teach
him a lesson. She pretends to be interested in Jia Rui,
and sets him up for a trap. She invites him to meet her
that night, and he does, but he ends up spending the
whole night freezing outside because she has left the
door locked. The next day, before Jia Rui has a chance
to complain to her, Xifeng accuses him of having stood
her up and sets up another meeting for that night. Once
again, Jia Rui shows up at the agreed meeting place, and
this time finds two of his cousins waiting for him.
They ridicule him and beat him, and then coerce him into
paying them for keeping their mouths closed. Jia Rui
returns home too ashamed to tell his grandparents what
happened, and becomes very sick (emotionally and
physically), and eventually dies. Meanwhile, Lin
Daiyu's father has become ill, so Mother Jia sends Jia
Lian to accompany her to visit her father.Ê Qin Keqing
is also still ill, and Lady You (her mother-in-law),
upon finding Qin Keqing's hairpin among her husband's
belongings, demands that Keqing's personal maid (Ruizhu)
identify it. When Keqing hears of this incident, she
gets even sicker. Ruizhu then hears Baozhu (another
personal maid of Keqing's) crying in the courtyard at
night. Baozhu confesses that she saw Jia Zhen (Keqing's
father-in-law) and Keqing in bed one day, and that he
had taken her hairpin, the same hairpin that Ruizhu had
just identified for Lady You. Baozhu and Ruizhu both
worry that Lady You might try to kill them in order to
avoid anyone knowing about the affair. Qin Keqing also
fears the truth coming out and hangs herself in shame.
That night, Wang Xifeng dreams of Keqing coming to say
farewell to her.
(This program is in Mandarin Chinese.)
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Sun TV,
2002.
Details
- NETWORK: CCTV (China)
- DATE: 1986
- RUNNING TIME: 0:45:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:70839.001
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Chinese literature - Ch'ing dynasty, 1644 -1912 - Drama; Drama; International Collection - China
- SERIES RUN: CCTV (China) - TV Series, 1986
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dai Linfeng … Executive Producer
- Wang Fulin … Producer, Director
- Hu Wenbing … Associate Producer
- Ren Dahui … Production (Misc.), Production Manager
- Zheng Yanchang … Production (Misc.), Production Manager
- Che Li … Production (Misc.), Production Assistant
- Wang Huichun … Production (Misc.), Support Manager
- Wu Shan … Direction (Misc.), Voiceover Director
- Sun Guizhen … Direction (Misc.), Assistant Director
- Ma Jiaqi … Direction (Misc.), Assistant Director
- Gu Fengli … Direction (Misc.), Assistant to the Director
- Cao Xueqin … Based on the Novel by
- Zhou Lei … Adapted by
- Liu Genglu … Adapted by
- Zhou Ling … Adapted by
- Wang Liping … Music by
- Zhao Baochang … Conductor
- Guo Rongrong … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Editor
- China Film Orchestra … Symphony Orchestra
- Chen Li … Performer, Soloist
- Deng Jie … Cast, Wang Xifeng
- Ma Guangru … Cast, Jia Rui
- Li Ting … Cast, Mother Jia
- Shen Lin … Cast, Pinger
- Xi Fan … Cast, Jia Dairu
- Yang Yuling … Cast, Jia Dairu's wife
- Luo Liping … Cast, Jia Qiao
- Yang Junyong … Cast, Jia Rong
- Ouyang Fenqiang … Cast, Jia Baoyu
- Gao Hongliang … Cast, Jia Lian
- Chen Xiaoxu … Cast, Lin Daiyu
- Bai Yuling … Cast, Wanger's wife
- Zhang Lei … Cast, Qin Keqing
- Wang Guie … Cast, Lady You
- Zhuo Jinyan … Cast, Ruizhu
- Wang Xiaojie … Cast, Baozhu
- Li Zhixin … Cast, Jia Zhen
- Zhou Xianzhen … Cast, Lady Wang
- Qu Jia … Voice, Dubbing
- Zhang Hailing … Voice, Dubbing
- Li Zhen … Voice, Dubbing
- Li Zhixin … Voice, Dubbing
- Liu Qing … Voice, Dubbing
- Li Yang … Voice, Dubbing
- Zhang Yunming … Voice, Dubbing
- Lu Zhong … Voice, Dubbing
- Zhao Xiaoming … Voice, Dubbing
- Jin Shuyuan … Voice, Dubbing
- Qi Jie … Voice, Dubbing
- Li Yunjie … Voice, Dubbing
- Zhang Jing … Voice, Dubbing
- Sun Caihong … Voice, Dubbing
- Liu Chunyan … Voice, Dubbing
- Luo Li … Voice, Dubbing