《綵樓記》為明王錂所撰，改編自南戲《破窯記》，寫相府劉千金綵樓招親，繡球拋與窮書生呂蒙正，兩人被逐出相府。

The Story of Nuptial Gallery was written by Ling Wang of the sixteenth century and adapted from an earlier play called The Story of the Ruined Shed.

《水滸記》為明朝許自昌所撰，取材於名著小說《水滸傳》，寫衙吏宋江與梁山好漢串結，宋江納閻婆惜為妾，閻與宋同僚張文遠私通。

The Water Margin, written by Zichang Xu in the early seventeenth century, dramatizes episodes from the famous novel of the same name, focusing on the character Jiang Song and others related to him.

《牡丹亭》 又稱《還魂記》，為明代戲劇家湯顯祖所著《玉茗堂四夢》之一，在文學史和崑曲劇壇上，是一部不朽的名著。

The Peony Pavilion (1598), also known as The Return of the Soul, is written by the prominent playwright Xianzu Tang (1550-1616), a play included in his four dream plays and long regarded as a masterpiece of Chinese literature and kunqu.

《玉簪記》為明代戲曲家高濂所撰，，取材自《古今女史》，寫書生潘必正和女尼陳妙常曲折離奇的愛情故事。

The Jade Pin, written by Lian Gao (1527-1609?), depicts a secret love affair between Pan Bizheng, a scholar, and Chen Miaochang, a young maiden cloistered in a nunnery, and the consequences that ensue when it becomes known.

《長生殿》為清代戲劇家洪昇根據白居易《長恨歌》及民間故事《唐明皇游月宮》所編寫，排場恢宏，氣氛凝煉，是廣為流傳、影響深遠的傳統名劇。

The Palace of Eternal Youth (1688) by Sheng Hong (1645-1704), a kunqu classic, weaves an epic tale of political corruption, military revolt, and social unrest into the love story of Emperor Minghuang and Lady Yang.

《荊釵記》為南戲劇本，作者已佚。故事寫貧士王十朋以荊釵為聘，與錢玉蓮婚配。

The Story of the Thorn Hairpin is an anonymous work written in the fourteenth century.

《白兔記》乃元代南戲劇本。劇演貧漢劉知遠與李三娘婚後，受三娘兄嫂欺侮。

A play written in the fourteenth century, The Story of the White Rabbit recounts the trials of Li Sanniang, a virtuous wife, and her eventual reunion with her husband and son.

《浣紗記》為明朝梁辰魚所作，是崑曲搬上戲曲舞台的最早作品，促成了崑曲的流傳與發展。

The Story of Washing Gauze, written by Chenyu Liang of the sixteenth century, is the first known play that employed kunqu in stage performance and contributed greatly to the art form’s popularization and development.

《鳳凰山》為明人所作，寫元朝安西王謀反，朝廷派遣青年謀臣江六郎喬裝改扮，化名海俊，潛入安西王府打探軍情。The Phoenix Mountain, an anonymous work from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), depicts a spy scheme that implicates the life and death of a princess.

〈昭君出塞〉根據元代劇作家馬致遠的名著《漢宮秋》改編而成。內容寫漢元帝時，奸臣毛延壽挑唆番王強索元帝妃子王昭君為妻。

Inspired by Autumn at the Han Palace, a masterpiece of poetic drama written by Ma Zhiyuan of the Yuan dynasty (1280-1368), Lady Glory’s Trek to the North is a Kunqu theater replete with sophisticated singing, dexterous acting and dancing, which makes it a popular but most demanding work.

《西遊記》敘述唐朝貞觀年間高僧玄奘前往印度取經，歷盡千山萬水，忍受風沙雨雪之苦，並不斷受到妖魔鬼怪的襲擊。

Journey to the West depicts the pilgrimage of Tripitaka (Xuanzang of the Tang dynasty, 602-664) to India to receive Buddhist teaching and obtain the scriptures.