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朗读这篇文章第一本 一见钟情结良缘 ACT I Beauty and Duty
第一出 访翠
【缑山月】〔生丽服上〕
金粉未消亡，
闻得六朝香[1]，
满天涯烟草断人肠。
怕催花信紧[2]，
风风雨雨，
误了春光。
小生侯方域，书剑飘零，归家无日。对三月艳阳[3]之节，住六朝佳丽之场，虽是客况不堪，却也春情难按。昨日会着杨龙友，盛夸李香君妙龄绝色，平康[4]第一。现在苏昆生教他吹歌，也来劝俺梳栊；争奈萧索奚囊[5]，难成好事。今日清明佳节，独坐无聊，不免借步踏青[6]，竟到旧院一访，有何不可。〔行介〕
【锦缠道】
望平康，
凤城[7]东，
千门绿杨。
一路紫丝缰，
引游郎，
谁家乳燕双双。
丑扮柳敬亭上
黄莺惊晓梦，
白发动春愁。
〔唤介〕侯相公何处闲游？
〔生回头见介〕
原来是敬亭，来的好也；
俺去城东踏青，正苦无伴哩。
〔丑〕老汉无事，便好奉陪。
〔同行介〕
〔丑指介〕
那是秦淮水榭。
〔生〕隔春波，
碧烟染窗；
倚晴天，红杏窥墙[8]。
〔丑指介〕这是长桥，
我们慢慢的走。
〔生〕一带板桥长，
闲指点茶寮酒舫。
〔丑〕不觉来到旧院了。
〔生〕听声声卖花忙，
穿过了条条深巷。
〔丑指介〕这一条巷里，
都是有名姊妹家。
〔生〕果然不同，
你看黑漆双门之上，
插一枝带露柳娇黄。
〔丑指介〕这个高门儿，
便是李贞丽家。
〔生〕我问你，李香君住在那个门里？
〔丑〕香君就是贞丽的女儿。
〔生〕妙，妙，俺正要访他，恰好到此。
〔丑〕待我敲门。〔敲介〕
〔内问介〕那个？
〔丑〕常来走动的老柳，
陪着贵客来拜。
〔内〕贞娘、香姐，都不在家。
〔丑〕那里去了？
〔内〕在卞姨娘家做盒子会哩。
〔丑〕正是，我竟忘了，今日是盛会。
〔生〕为何今日做会？
〔丑拍腿介〕老腿走乏了，
且在这石磴上略歇一歇，
从容告你。〔同坐介〕
〔丑〕相公不知，这院中名妓，
结为手帕姊妹[9]，就象香火兄弟[10]一般，
每遇时节，便做盛会。
【朱奴剔银灯】
结罗帕，
烟花雁行[11]；
逢令节，
齐门新妆。
〔生〕是了，今日清明佳节，故此皆去赴会，
但不知怎么叫作盒子会。
〔丑〕赴会之日，
各携一副盒儿，都是鲜物异品，
有海错、江瑶、玉液浆[12]。
〔生〕会期做些甚么？
〔丑〕大家比较技艺，
拨琴阮[13]，笙箫嘹亮。
〔生〕这样有趣，也许子弟[14]入会么？
〔丑摇手介〕不许不许！最怕的是子弟混闹，
深深锁住楼门，只许楼下赏鉴。
〔生〕赏鉴中意的如何会面？
〔丑〕若中了意，便把物事抛上楼头，
他楼上也便抛下果子来。
相当，竟飞来捧觞，
密约在芙蓉锦帐。
〔生〕既然如此，小生也好走走了。
〔丑〕走走何妨。
〔生〕只不知卞家住在那厢？
〔丑〕住在暖翠楼，离此不远，
即便同行。
〔行介〕
〔生〕扫墓家家柳。
〔丑〕吹饧处处箫[15]。
〔生〕莺花三里巷。
〔丑〕烟水两条桥。
〔指介〕此间便是，相公请进。
〔同入介〕
末扮杨文骢、净扮苏昆生迎上
〔末〕闲陪簇簇莺花队，
〔净〕同望迢迢粉黛围。〔见介〕
〔末〕侯世兄怎肯到此，难得难得！
〔生〕闻杨兄今日去看阮胡子，不想这里遇着。
〔净〕特为侯相公喜事而来。
〔丑〕请坐。
〔俱坐〕
〔生望介〕好个暖翠楼！
【雁过声】
端详，窗明院敞，
早来到温柔睡乡。
〔问介〕李香君为何不见？
〔末〕现在楼头。
〔净指介〕你看，楼头奏技了。
〔内吹笙、笛介〕
〔生听介〕鸾笙凤管云中响，
〔内弹琵琶、筝介〕
〔生听介〕弦悠扬，
〔内打云锣[16]介〕
〔生听介〕玉玎珰，一声声乱我柔肠。
〔内吹箫介〕
〔生听介〕翱翔双凤凰。
〔大叫介〕这几声箫，
吹的我消魂，
小生忍不住要打采了。
〔取扇坠抛上楼介〕
海南异品[17]风飘荡，
要打着美人心上痒！
〔内将白汗巾包樱桃抛下介〕
〔丑〕有趣有趣！掷下果子来了。
〔净解汗巾，倾樱桃盘内介〕
好奇怪，如今竟有樱桃了。
〔生〕不知是那个掷来的，
若是香君，岂不可喜。
〔末取汗巾看介〕看这一条冰绡[18]汗巾，
有九分是他了。
小旦扮李贞丽捧茶壶，领香君捧花瓶上
〔小旦〕香草偏随蝴蝶扇[19]，
美人又下凤凰台。
〔净惊指介〕都看天人下界了。
〔丑合掌介〕阿弥陀佛。
〔众起介〕
〔末拉生介〕世兄认认，
这是贞丽，这是香君。
〔生见小旦介〕小生河南侯朝宗，
一向渴慕，今才遂愿。
〔见旦介〕
果然妙龄绝色，
龙老赏鉴，
真是法眼[20]。
〔坐介〕
〔小旦〕虎邱[21]新茶，
泡来奉敬。
〔斟茶〕〔众饮介〕
〔旦〕绿杨红杏，
点缀新节。
〔众赞介〕有趣有趣！
煮茗看花，可称雅集矣。
〔末〕如此雅集，不可无酒。
〔小旦〕酒已备下，玉京主会，
不得下楼奉陪，贱妾代东[22]罢。
〔唤介〕保儿[23]烫酒来！
〔杂提酒上〕
〔小旦〕何不行个令儿，大家欢饮？
〔丑〕敬候主人发挥。
〔小旦〕怎敢僭越[24]。
〔净〕这是院中旧例。
〔小旦取骰盆介〕得罪了。
〔唤介〕香君把盏，待我掷色[25]奉敬。
〔众〕遵令。
〔小旦宣令介〕酒要依次流饮[26]，每一杯干，
各献所长，便是酒底。幺为樱桃，
二为茶，三为柳，
四为杏花，五为香扇坠，
六为冰绡汗巾。
〔唤介〕香君敬侯相公酒。
〔旦斟，生饮介〕
〔小旦掷色介〕是香扇坠。
〔让介〕侯相公速干此杯，请说酒底。
〔生告干介〕小生做首诗罢。
〔吟介〕
南国佳人佩，
休教袖里藏；
随郎团扇影，
摇动一身香。
〔末〕好诗！好诗！
〔丑〕好个香扇坠，
只怕摇摆坏了。
〔小旦〕该奉杨老爷酒了。
〔旦斟，末饮介〕
〔小旦掷介〕是冰绡汗巾。
〔末〕我也做诗了。
〔小旦〕不许雷同[27]。
〔末〕也罢，下官做个破承题[28]罢。
〔念介〕睹拭汗之物，而春色撩人矣。
夫汗之沾巾，
必由于春之生面也。
伊何人之面，而以冰绡拭之；
红素相著之际，
不亦深可爱也耶?
〔生〕绝妙佳章。
〔丑〕这样好文彩，
还该中两榜[29]才是。
〔旦斟丑酒介〕柳师父请酒。
〔小旦掷色介〕是茶。
〔丑饮酒介〕我道恁薄。
〔小旦笑介〕非也，
你的酒底是茶。
〔丑〕待我说个张三郎吃茶[30]罢。
〔小旦〕说书太长，说个笑话更好。
〔丑〕就说笑话。
〔说介〕苏东坡同黄山谷访佛印禅师[31]，东坡送了一把定瓷壶，山谷送了一斤阳羡茶[32]。三人松下品茶，佛印说：“黄秀才茶癖天下闻名，但不知苏胡子的茶量何如；今日何不斗一斗，分个谁大谁小。”东坡说：“如何斗来？”佛印说：“你问一机锋[33]，叫黄秀才答。他若答不来，吃你一棒，我便记一笔：胡子打了秀才了。你若答不来，也吃黄秀才一棒，我便记一笔：秀才打了胡子了。末后总算，打一下吃一碗。”东坡说：“就依你说。”东坡先问：“没鼻针如何穿线？”山谷答：“把针尖磨去。”佛印说：“答得好。”山谷问：“没把葫芦怎生拿？”东坡答：“抛在水中。”佛印说：“答得也不错。”东坡又问：“虱在裤中，有见无见？”山谷未及答，东坡持棒就打。山谷正拿壶子斟茶，失手落地，打个粉碎。东坡大叫道：“和尚记着，胡子打了秀才了。”佛印笑道：“你听兵啷一声，胡子没打着秀才，秀才倒打了壶子了。”〔众笑介〕
〔丑〕众位休笑，秀才利害多着哩。
〔弹壶介〕这样硬壶子都打坏，何况软壶子[34]。
〔生〕敬老妙人，随口诙谐，都是机锋。
〔小旦〕香君，敬你师父。
〔旦斟，净饮介〕
〔小旦掷介〕是杏花。
〔净唱介〕“晚妆楼上杏花残，
犹自怯衣单[35]。”
〔旦向小旦介〕孩儿敬妈妈酒了。
〔小旦饮干，掷介〕是樱桃。
〔净〕让我代唱罢。
〔唱介〕“樱桃红绽，玉粳白露[36]，半晌恰方言。”
〔丑〕昆生该罚了，唱的唇上樱桃，不是盘中樱桃。
〔净〕领罚。〔自斟，饮介〕
〔小旦〕香君该自斟自饮了。
〔生〕待小生奉敬。
〔生斟，旦饮介〕
〔小旦掷介〕不消猜，是柳了，香君唱来。
〔旦羞介〕
〔小旦〕孩儿腼腆，请个代笔相公罢。
〔掷介〕三点，是柳师父。
〔净〕好好！今日是他当值之日。
〔丑〕我老汉姓柳，飘零半世，最怕的是“柳”字。
今日清明佳节，
偏把个柳圈儿[37]套住我老狗头。
〔众大笑介〕
〔净〕算了你的笑话罢。
〔生〕酒已有了，大家别过。
〔丑〕才子佳人，难得聚会。
〔拉生、旦介〕
你们一对儿，
吃个交心酒何如。
旦羞，遮袖下
〔净〕香君面嫩，当面不好讲得；
前日所订梳栊之事，
相公意下允否？
〔生笑介〕秀才中状元，有甚么不肯处。
〔小旦〕既蒙不弃，择定吉期，贱妾就要奉攀了。
〔末〕这三月十五日，花月良辰，便好成亲。
〔生〕只是一件，
客囊羞涩，
恐难备礼。
〔末〕这不须愁，妆奁酒席，
待小弟备来。
〔生〕怎好相累。
〔末〕当得效力。
〔生〕多谢了。
【小桃红】
误走到巫峰[38]上，
添了些行云想，
匆匆忘却仙模样。
春宵花月休成谎，
良缘到手难推让，
准备着身赴高唐。
〔作辞介〕
〔小旦〕也不再留了。
择定十五日，请下清客，
邀下姊妹，奏乐迎亲罢。
小旦下
〔丑向净介〕阿呀！忘了，忘了，
咱两个不得奉陪了。
〔末〕为何？
〔净〕黄将军船泊水西门[39]，
也是十五日祭旗，
约下我们吃酒的。
〔生〕这等怎处？
〔末〕还有丁继之、沈公宪、张燕筑[40]，
都是大清客，借重他们陪陪罢。
〔净〕暖翠楼前粉黛香，
〔末〕门六朝风致说平康；
〔丑〕踏青归去春犹浅，
〔生〕明日重来花满床。
众下
注释：
[1]“金粉未消亡”二句意说当时的南都，还有南朝君臣追逐豪华的习气。
[2]催花信紧：催花风紧。
[3]艳阳：指风和日丽的春天。
[4]平康：唐朝长安的一个地名，是妓女聚居的地方。后用来泛指妓院。
[5]萧索奚囊：据说唐诗人李贺经常带着背锦囊的小奚奴（僮仆）出游，每写好了诗，就投入囊中，后人称作奚囊。这里是手头拮据的意思。
[6]踏青：中国过去风俗，每逢清明节，大家都出郊外扫墓或游玩，称踏青。
[7]凤城：禁城。南京曾一度是明朝的都城，因此称它凤城。
[8]“隔春波”四句：形容秦淮水榭景色。碧烟指水气。宋朝叶绍翁《游园不值》诗：“春色满园关不住，一枝红杏出墙来。”红杏窥墙，暗用此诗意。
[9]手帕姊妹：结拜姊妹。
[10]香火兄弟：古人盟誓多用香火，因此用来指称香火兄弟。
[11]烟花雁行：烟花指妓女。烟花雁行这里指结成姊妹的妓女们。
[12]海错、江瑶、玉液浆：海错指各种海味；江瑶是一种海蚌，它的肉柱是一种名贵的食品，称作江瑶柱；玉液浆，指酒。
[13]阮：阮咸，乐器名，和琵琶很相近，相传是晋朝阮咸创制的。
[14]子弟：宋元俗语，指嫖客。
[15]吹饧（xínɡ）处处箫：饧即饴糖，如麦芽糖。本句是说处处都听到卖饧人吹的箫声。
[16]云锣：乐器名，是用十面大小相同、厚薄不同的小铜锣挂在一个木器上，敲打时能发出清浊不同的声音。
[17]海南异品：指扇坠，用海南檀香制成。
[18]冰绡：绡是一种用生丝织的绸，冰绡，形容绡的洁白。
[19]香草偏随蝴蝶扇：蝴蝶偏随香草扇，为了跟下句对得工整，把句子倒装过来的。
[20]法眼：佛家有五眼，是肉眼、天眼、慧眼、法眼、佛眼。这里借指有高度鉴别能力的眼光。
[21]虎邱：地名，在江苏吴县西北七里，是苏州的名胜。
[22]代东：代作主人。
[23]保儿：妓院里供使唤的男子。
[24]僭越：在礼数上超过了个人的本分。
[25]掷色：掷骰子。
[26]流饮：轮流饮。
[27]雷同：抄袭、摹仿的意思。
[28]破承题：破题与承题。
[29]两榜：古时乡试叫乙榜，会试叫甲榜，合称两榜。
[30]张三郎吃茶：阎婆惜留张三郎吃茶，见《水浒传》第二十回。
[31]佛印禅师：宋代名僧，名了元，能诗。黄庭坚，字鲁直，号山谷道人，宋代著名诗人，为江西诗派的创始人。
[32]定瓷：是中国一种著名的瓷器，在定州出产。阳羡茶，阳羡在今江苏宜兴县南五里，从唐以来，以产茶著名。
[33]机锋：我国古代禅宗和尚们彼此用语言互相启发，称机锋。
[34]软壶子：阮胡子的谐音，即阮大铖。
[35]“晚妆楼上杏花残”二句：这是王实甫《西厢记》第三本第二折里的两句曲文。
[36]“樱桃红绽”二句：原文引自《西厢记》第一本第一折。
[37]柳圈儿：江南一带风俗，清明时节用柳条编成圈儿，戴在小孩子的头上。
[38]巫峰：传说楚襄王到高唐游玩，梦见一个女子愿和他合欢。临别时，她说：“妾在巫山之阳，高丘之阻。朝为行云，暮为行雨，朝朝暮暮，阳台之下。”（见宋玉《高唐赋》）后人因用巫山、云雨、高唐、阳台等来形容男女性爱。
[39]黄将军船泊水西门：黄将军即黄得功，辽宁开原卫人，以武功任总兵官，崇祯十七年，进封靖南伯。水西门，南京城门名。
[40]丁继之、沈公宪、张燕筑：都是明末有名的戏曲演员。
Scene 1 Visit to a Beauty
(Enter Hou Fangyu in elegant dress.)
Hou(singing to the tune of the Moon over the Mountain):
The powdered face in golden dress not passed away
Reminds me of the splendor of the bygone days.
Seeing the misty grassland would break my heart,
For it announces spring in bloom will soon depart.
How could I not complain
Of spring gone unenjoyed in wind and rain?
I am Hou Fangyu,a scholar roaming for long with my books and sword.Now on a bright sunny day of the third moon and in a magnificent place inhabited by so many beauties,how can I not enjoy spring to the full,at least as much as a roaming poet can?Yesterday I met Yang Longyou,who told me about a young courtesan named Fragrant Lee,whose beauty is beyond compare in the capital of the six dynasties.Now she is learning from Su Kunsheng how to sing songs and how to play on the flute and the lute.And I was told not to miss the chance of paying her a visit.But what can I do with a lean purse as mine?As today is the festival for ancestor-worship,how can I pass such a festive day by sitting lonely in the hotel and not going out to tread on the green in the countryside?I will take the chance to visit the famed delightful resort.(walking)
(Singing to the tune of Silk-Paved Way):
I look up and down
East of Phoenix Town,
From door to door stand willow trees.
I flip my violet whip
All the way in my trip,
Swallows in pair fly in the breeze.
(Enter Liu Jingting,an old friend of Hou’s)
Liu(Singing):I wake to hear the oriole’s song;
Vernal grief whitens my hair long.
(Calling):Master Hou,where are you going?
Hou(Turning back):Ah!It is Master Liu.You are welcome.I am just in need of a friend to go to the eastern suburbs to tread on the green.
Liu: I am rich in leisure and would be glad to be in your company.(They walk together.)(Pointing to the riverside)See there stand the well-known western bowers!
Hou(Singing): With vernal waves as screen,
Windows are dyed in green.
Leaning on a fine day,apricot red
Peeps over the way with its head.
Liu(Pointing to the bridge):Behold the Long Bridge!Let us go there with ease.
Hou(Singing): The wooden bridge is long
With teashops and wineshops along.
Liu: Here we are in the famed delightful resort.
Hou(Singing): I hear the cry of selling flowers
Come through deep lanes of bowers.
Liu(Pointing to a lane):You know this is the lane of the famed sisters.
Hou(Singing):It is distinguished in view:
On the burnished door painted anew
Hangs a golden willow branch pregnant with dew.
Liu(Pointing to a house with high doorsteps):This is the house of Mother Lee.
Hou: I want to know where Fragrant Lee lives.
Liu: You do not know Fragrant is the daughter of Mother Lee?
Hou: What a surprise!I want to pay her a visit without knowing her address.What good luck!Now I come to her bower without knowing it is hers.
Liu: Let us knock at the door.(Knocking)
Voice within: Who is it?
Liu: I am the frequent visitor Liu Jingting.Today I have a distinguished friend with me.
Voice within: Mother Lee and Fragrant Lee are not at home.
Liu: Will you please tell us where they are?
Voice within: They are joining the box party at Jade Bian’s bower.
Liu: How could I forget it!They have a festive party today.
Hou: What festive party?
Liu(Flapping on his thigh):My old legs are tired.Let us sit down on the stone bench for a rest,and I will tell you what.(They sit down.)
Liu: My dear Master Hou,do you not know the famed courtesans are vowed sisters?They would give a party on each festive day,and today is the festival for mourning the dead.
(Singing to the tune of Silver Candlelight):
Kerchiefs in breeze
Fly like wild geese.
On festive day
Dress on display.
Hou: Oh yes,today is the ancestor-worship day.People will go to their parties.Why is it called“box party”today?
Liu: All courtesans of the party should bring a set of boxes carrying different delicious food such as sea fowls or aquatic food or jade-white juice,etc.
Hou:What will they do when they gather together?
Liu: They may vie in their skill in music,play on the lute or on the flute.
Hou: How interesting!Is man allowed to join their party?
Liu(Waving his hand):No man is allowed to join them upstairs,but he may stay downstairs to appreciate their art.
Hou: Could a man meet the artist he appreciates?
Liu: If he appreciates her,he should send a present upstairs and fruit will then be sent down in return.(Singing):
Like wine-cups passing from hand to hand.
Lovers may meet in their dreamland.
Hou: If such is the case,I will go and try my luck.
Liu: A try will risk nothing.
Hou: But I do not know where Jade Bian’s bower is.
Liu: She lives in the Warm Emerald Bower not far from here,and I will show you the way.
(They walk together and sing.)
Hou: Green windows weep on Mourning Day.
Liu: Flutes heard here and there swing and sway.
Hou: Flowers won’t wake the lane in dreams.
Liu: Two bridges lie on the misty streams.
(Pointing to Bian’s bower):Here we are before the Warm Emerald Bower.Will you please go in,Master Hou?(They walk in together.)(Enter Yang Wencong[Longyou]and Su Kunsheng.)
Yang: I come with courtesans in bloom.
Su: Afar powdered faces and penciled brows loom.(They salute Hou and Liu.)
Yang:It is sheer luck to meet Master Hou here.
Hou: Nor did I expect to meet you here for I was told that Master Yang was together with the bearded Ruan.
Su: I come here to announce happy news for Master Hou.
Liu: Will you please sit down?
Hou(Gazing at the bower):What a warm green bower!
(Singing to the tune of Passing Wild Geese):
I gaze at open court and windows bright.
It is the dreamland for a tender night.
(Asking)Why has Fragrant not yet appeared?
Yang: They are still upstairs.
Su(Pointing upstairs):They begin to play music now.
(The flute is played upstairs.)
Hou(Listening): The phoenix flute asks clouds to undulate.
(Thepipa is played upstairs.)
Hou(Listening): The pipa’s strings vibrate.
(The gong is struck upstairs.)
Hou(Listening): I hear ringing jade start
To stir my heart.
(The lyre is played upstairs.)
Hou(Listening): Music wafts here and there
Like phoenixes in pair.
The music of the lyre
Makes my heart fly higher.
How can I send my present up?
(Sending his fan pendant upstairs and singing):
The tassels of my pendant fly apart
To strike the beauty straight into her heart.
(A plate of red cherries wrapped in a white silk towel is sent down from upstairs.)
Liu: How interesting!The fruit is sent down.
(Su unties the towel and takes out red cherries from the plate.)
Su: It is curious.How can we have red cherries now?
Hou: Do you know who the sender is?What a wonder and joy if it is a gift of Fragrant Lee?
Yang(Examining the towel):Judging by the silk towel,I think the sender must be she.
(Enter Mother Lee holding a teapot,followed by Fragrant,a vase of flowers in hand)
Mother lee(Singing): Fragrant grass sweetens butterfly’s wing;
The beauty comes down from Phoenix Terrace.
Su(Startled):Behold!The Fairy Queen descends from the Paradise.
Liu(Clapping his hands):Buddha is blessed!
(All rise to the feet.)
Yang(Introducing the two courtesans):Dear Master Hou,here come Mother Lee and her daughter Fragrant.
Hou(To Mother Lee):Your humble servant is named Hou Chaozong(Fangyu).I have long considered it an honor to make your acquaintance.Now my hearty wish is satisfied.
(To Fragrant)Your beauty outshines the fairy queen and would win the admiration of the dragon king.
(They all sit down.)
Mother Lee: The tea is new,with its leaves just gathered from Mount Tiger,and here the new brew is presented for your appreciation.(Pouring tea out from cup to cup)
Fragrant(Singing):Green willow and red apricot in view
Adorn the festive new.
All(In praise):What more felicity can fall on us than drinking tea in company with flowers!
Yang: How can there be no wine in such a felicitous party!
Mother: Wine is prepared and Jade Bian should preside at the party.But as she is hostess upstairs,she cannot come down,so I preside in her place.(Calling)Let wine be served!
(Wine is served.)
Mother: Why not make merry and play games?
Liu: We shall do what our hostess tells us to.
Mother: How can I take Jade’s place to lead the game?
Su: Why not since such is the rule of the green mansions?
Mother(Taking out the die): Then I shall do in Jade’s place.(Calling)Now,dear Masters,hold your cup,please!
All: Your order shall be obeyed.
Mother: Wine should be drunk in turn.When one cup is dry,the drinker should answer the riddle by showing his best.Now I shall cast the die:one means cherry,two means tea,three is willow,four is apricot,five means fan pendant,six means silk towel.Is it clear?
(Calling)Fragrant,fill the cup of Master Hou!
(Fragrant fills Hou’s cup and Hou drinks.)
Mother(Casting the die):Five,it is the fan pendant.(Offering wine to Hou)Please drink this cup and answer the riddle.
Hou(Drinking his cup):I will croon a poem to the fan pendant.(Singing)
The beauty of the Southern land
Holds you not in sleeves but in hand.
You follow her as summer fan
Brings her fragrant breeze when you can.
Yang:What a nice poem!What a nice poem!
Liu:What a fragrant pendant!I am afraid it would be damaged by too much fanning.
Mother:Fragrant,now it is Master Yang’s turn to fill his cup.
(Fragrant fills Yang’s cup and Yang drinks.)
Mother(Casting the die):Six,it is the silk towel.
Yang:I will also croon a poem.
Mother:Do not do what others have done.
Yang:Then I will compose something in prose.
(Reading):A towel is used to wipe sweat off the face.Sweat on the face is the fruit of love’s labor in the heart.When it is wiped away,lover’s charming heart will be revealed.How beautiful is the lover’s face caressed by a silk towel!Will it not reveal the rosy cheek impearled with sweat,fruit of love’s labor?
Hou:Excellent exposition!
Liu:Such good exposition should win honor in civil service examinations.
Fragrant(Filling the cup of Liu):Master Liu,will you please drink your cup?
Mother(Casting the die):Two,the tea.
Liu(Drinking):Is it the tea I am drinking?Now I know why I am not drunken.
Mother(Smiling):It is not the tea you are drinking,but the tea you should say something about.
Liu:Then I shall tell a story about the drinker of the tea.
Mother:A story would be too long.How about a joke?
Liu:All right.I will tell a repartee between two Song poets Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian.Su asked Huang how to pass a thread through a needle without an eye.Huang said that Su should sharpen his eye to pierce through the needle.Su said the answer was good and he drank his cup of tea.Then Huang asked Su how to carry a gourd without a handle.Su answered that he might throw the gourd on water.Huang disagreed,saying water could not replace the hand.Then Su asked him why tea could replace wine…
Hou:Your eyes and your tongue are as sharp as theirs.
Mother:Fragrant,now fill the cup of your Master Su!
(Fragrant fills Su’s cup and Su drinks.)
Mother(Casting the dice):Four,it is apricot.
Su(Singing):At dusk she sees apricot flowers fade.
Shivering with cold,she is afraid.
Fragrant:Dear Mom,now it is your turn to drink your cup.
Mother(Drinking and casting the dice):one,it is the cherry.
Su:Will you please let me sing for you?
(Singing)Lips cherry-red and teeth snow-white,
She will not speak as if in fright.
Liu:You should be punished for you take the cherry-red lips for the red cherry in the plate.
Su:You are right and I will drink another cup.(Pouring himself a cup and drinking)
Mother:Now Fragrant,it is your turn to drink and sing.
Hou:Will you please let me fill your cup?
(Hou fills the cup for Fragrant to drink.)
Mother(Casting the die):I need not tell you what is left for you to sing is the willow.(Fragrant feels shy.)Fragrant is timid.Will another Master sing for her?
(Casting the die):It falls on Master Liu.
Su:“Liu”means willow and willow is“Liu”.
Liu:Today is Master Liu’s day.
(Singing)I roam like willow down
Far away from the town.
Today we mourn the dead
With a willow wreath on a dog’s head.
All(Laughing):A dog’s head or yours?
Su:All right.Let this serve as your joke.
Hou:Now wine is served.Do not leave your cup undried!
Liu:It is not easy for a talent to meet with a beauty.
(Putting Fragrant’s hand into Hou’s)
Would you drink the betrothal cup of lovers?
(Exit Fragrant with her shy face covered with one of her sleeves.)
Su:Fragrant is too shy to reveal her love.How about the dowry you ordered the other day,Master Hou?Do you still like it?
Hou(Laughing):I am like the winner of the laurel crown.How could there be anything I do not like?
Mother:If you would condescend to accept my daughter,we should choose an auspicious day for the ceremony.
Su:The fifteenth day of the third lunar month is a happy day for wedding.
Hou:But I am sorry to beg your pardon,for I have only a lean purse on journey,and I am afraid I cannot afford the expenditure.
Yang:You need not worry about that,I will be responsible for the dowry and the feast.
Hou:How could I repay you for your generosity!
Yang:I would be happy to be at your service.
Hou:Then a thousand hearty thanks!
(Singing to the tune of Peach Blossoms Red):
Coming by chance atop Witch Mountain proud,
I fancy to be a floating cloud
Bringing fresh shower,
Forgetting the thirsting fairy flower.
O vernal night and moonlit bower,
Do not tell lie!
How could I say to a happy tryst goodbye,
Ready to go to Paradise on high?
(Bidding goodbye.)
Mother:I will not detain you any longer.Please come early on the fifteenth day with the invited guests and fairy sisters and happy musicians to take your bride!
(Exit)
Liu(To Su):How could I have forgotten our appointment with General Huang!
Yang:What is the matter?
Su:General Huang invited Liu and me to join his drinking party in the Western Gate on the fifteenth day.So I am afraid we cannot come to celebrate this happy wedding.
Hou:What then is to be done?
Yang:Do not worry!We may invite other friends.
The Epilogue of the Scene
Su:In Warm Green Bower beauties in display
Yang:Remind of splendor of the bygone days.
Liu:Treading on green will cast in spring no gloom.
Hou:Tomorrow flowers will be in full bloom.
(Exeunt.)
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