中華文化智慧系列Wisdom of Chinese Culture Series元代王實甫的《西廂記》是中國古典戲曲的精品，是中國文學的一部傑作。戲劇的主題是年輕的書生張垬和已故的崔相國十九歲的女兒鶯鶯的戀愛故事，全劇分為五本（幕）二十折（場）-第一本寫張生和鶯鶯在寺中一見鍾情。第二本寫賊兵圍困亭院。張生解圍，崔夫人允將女兒鶯鶯許配張生為妻，後又自食其言。第三本寫一對情人相思綿綿。第四本第一折寫情人幽會：第二折寫崔夫人要張生進京考試。高中之後方許完婚;第三折寫情人離別，張生赴京參加會試;第四折以情人夢中相會作·第五本寫夫妻團圓，簡單說來，《西廂記》寫愛情和家庭榮譽的矛盾結果是張生會試高中。既贏得了禜譽。又贏得了愛情。The Romance of the Western Bower，by Wang Shifu of the Yuan Dynasty，is a gem of Chinese classical drama and a masterpiece of Chinese literature-The main theme of this play is the love between a young scholar named Zhang Gong and Cui Yingying（or Oriole）.nneteenvearold daughter of former Prime Minister Cui.This play is divided into five acts and twenty scenes.Act i describes the first meeting in the temple between the two lovers，Act II relates how Zhang Gong saves the temple from attack by bandits and Madame Cui promises her daughter can marry Zhang，but soon she goes back on her words.Act lll describes the loves longing for each other，Ack IV depicts their tryst in Scene One：in SceneTwo，Madame Cui will not approve their marriage unless Zhang wins honor in the civil service examinations：Scene Three depicts the lovers'parting when Zhang leaves Oriole to attend the examinations in the capital：Scene Four ends with a dream in which the lovers meet again.The last act describes their reunion-In short，this play deals with the conflict between love and family honor，and ends by a reconciliation between them，that is，the hero should win honor in the examinations so that both love and honor can be preserved。