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Yang Yuhuan
Yang Yuhuan was a concubine of Tang Minghuang, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Emperor Tang Minghuang and Yang Yuhuan, his concubine, made an appointment to drink at the Hundred Flower Pavilion. After waiting for a long time in vain for the arrival of the Emperor Minghuang, Yang was so
angry that she drank a lot till she got drunk. She returned to her residence with great disappointment.
Repertoire:The Drunken Beauty
Wang Zhaojun
Wang Zhaojun was the former concubine of Emperor Han Yuandi. She was later married afar to the Chieftain of the Huns. The Han regime was not strong enough to resist the invasion of the Huns due to weakness of the Emperor and incompetence of the court ministers and officials. Wang Zhaojun, filled
with grief and indignation, was forced to assume her mission of marrying afar to the Chieftain of the Huns in order to defend the Han from foreign invasion and seek a cease-fire between the two belligerent parties.
Repertoire: Zhaojun Married Abroad
Yu Ji
Yu Ji was the beloved concubine of Xiang Yu, overlord of the State of Chu, in the period when the states of Chu and Han were engaged in war. In the late period when the states of Chu and Han were in war against each other, Yu Ji performed the sword dance in profound agony, to comfort the then
defeated Xiang Yu, before she ended her life with the sword, encouraging Xiang Yu to break out of the siege.
Repertoire: Farewell, My Concubine
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