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    This story is about a young girl named Zhu Ying Tai in ancient China who disguises herself as a boy to pursue an education. While in school, she meets and falls in love with her best friend Liang Shan Bo, but must keep her true identity secret. After their studies are complete, Zhu arranges for Liang to meet her fictional younger sister with the hope that he will want to marry her instead. However, when Liang discovers Zhu is actually a girl, they confess their love for each other. Their happiness is short-lived as Zhu's father arranges for her to marry a rich man. Both Zhu and Liang die from broken hearts, with Zhu throwing herself into Liang's grave on her wedding

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    This story is about a young girl named Zhu Ying Tai in ancient China who disguises herself as a boy to pursue an education. While in school, she meets and falls in love with her best friend Liang Shan Bo, but must keep her true identity secret. After their studies are complete, Zhu arranges for Liang to meet her fictional younger sister with the hope that he will want to marry her instead. However, when Liang discovers Zhu is actually a girl, they confess their love for each other. Their happiness is short-lived as Zhu's father arranges for her to marry a rich man. Both Zhu and Liang die from broken hearts, with Zhu throwing herself into Liang's grave on her wedding

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    This story is about a young girl named Zhu Ying Tai in ancient China who disguises herself as a boy to pursue an education. While in school, she meets and falls in love with her best friend Liang Shan Bo, but must keep her true identity secret. After their studies are complete, Zhu arranges for Liang to meet her fictional younger sister with the hope that he will want to marry her instead. However, when Liang discovers Zhu is actually a girl, they confess their love for each other. Their happiness is short-lived as Zhu's father arranges for her to marry a rich man. Both Zhu and Liang die from broken hearts, with Zhu throwing herself into Liang's grave on her wedding

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    Once upon a time in China, long ago, there


    lived a young girl who dreamed of learning.
    Unfortunately she lived at a time when girls
    were expected to stay at home, marry the man
    that their father chose for them, and be
    obedient and quiet.

    This young girl was called Zhu Ying Tai, and she yearned to be different. She was so
    desperate to be educated that she dressed herself up as a young man, and travelled to the
    city of Hangzhou to go to school.

    While she was there, she met a handsome young man named Liang Shan Bo. They became
    best friends and spent most of their time together, sharing a love of learning and enjoying
    each other's company. Liang never guessed that Zhu was actually a girl.

    Time passed, and soon the young people had finished their studies and were ready to go
    home. Zhu realised that she had grown to love her best friend, but of course she could not tell
    him. Instead, she came up with a clever plan. She told Liang that she had a pretty younger
    sister of 16 years who was sure to please him and make him happy. She suggested that Liang
    visit the family to meet, and possibly marry, the younger sister. He agreed eagerly. Zhu
    travelled home, happy that soon she would be seeing her friend again.

    A long year passed. Zhu almost gave up hope, but one happy day Liang arrived to meet the
    family. As soon as Liang saw Zhu he realised who she was, and he was overjoyed to find that
    she loved him. For a brief time, the couple were happy in each other's love and looked forward
    to a future together.

    Their happiness was short-lived. Zhu's father announced that he had arranged for her to marry
    a rich man. Zhu pleaded with her father to change his mind, but he would not relent. Liang
    must leave immediately. Poor Liang left, heart-broken and alone. Soon, in his despair, he grew
    ill, and died.

    Zhu heard of his death and she, too, was heart-broken. But she could do nothing to stop the
    arrangements for her marriage to the rich man. When the time for the wedding came, she
    travelled along the road on which Liang had died. Soon, her wedding procession came to
    Liang's grave.

    The skies grew stormy and the winds howled around the wedding procession as Zhu sobbed,
    wishing that she could join her true love rather than marry the rich man. Suddenly, it seemed
    that her prayers had been answered. A huge bolt of lightning struck the grave and it split open.
    In a flash, Zhu threw herself into the grave, so that she could be with Liang forever.

    As suddenly as the lightning had struck, the storm disappeared and the skies cleared. Two
    beautiful butterflies were seen rising out of the grave and dancing together in the sunshine.
    Liang and Zhu were together, and would never be separated again.

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