鳳凰山 The Phoenix Mountain
鳳凰山
《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。安西王不察,重用海俊。內廷總管叭吶對海俊心懷疑懼,用計將海俊灌醉,送入百花公主寢宮,打算借公主之手將海俊除去。公主侍女江花右是海俊親妹,設法藏匿海俊,仍被公主發現。公主見海年少英俊,愛之,竟贈劍許以終身。其後公主助父舉兵,但因海俊為朝廷間諜,與朝廷裡應外合,公主兵敗,自刎而亡。
折子戲: 百花贈劍
描寫內侍叭喇用酒灌醉海俊,送入公主寢宮,侍女江花右設法藏匿海俊,被公主發現,公主見海俊一表人才,心生愛慕,不但未將海俊殺死,反與他對天盟誓,私訂終生。海俊臨行前,公主將寶劍一股相贈,以為定情之物。
The Phoenix Mountain
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.
Suspicious of a possible rebellion act by Lord Anxi, the Yuan government dispatches Liulang Jiang, a young strategist, to submit himself to the lord’s court for employment under the name of Haijun. While the lord finds Haijun to his liking and grants him power and privilege, Bala, a minister of the lord, thinks otherwise. One day, Bala coerces Haijun into much drinking and has him, in a state of drunkenness, escorted into the inner chamber of Princess Florets, the lord’s daughter. Haijun’s violation of the royal code of conduct is supposed to lead to his death, yet he is first helped by his sister who serves the princess. After Princess Florets catches him, she develops feelings for him and gives him one of her pair of swords as a token of love. Later Princess Florets assists her father in rising up against the government. Yet with Haijun’s collaboration from within the court, the lord’s coup eventually fails. Princess Florets in the end commits suicide.
Scene: Princess Florets
Princess Florets depicts the episode in which Haijun inadvertently enters the chamber of Princess Florets due to Bala’s scheme. His sister, Huayou Jiang, tries to hide him away but their plan is quickly discovered by the princess. Falling in love at first sight, Princess Florets spares Haijun’s life; instead of killing him, she expresses feelings for him. They then pledge their mutual love to the heavens. Before Haijun departs, Princess Florets offers one of her pairs of swords as a token of love.