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Duplicity of Free Love Shown, in 〈Yi zhi mafeng(A hornet)〉 of Ding Xi Lin

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2014, (34), pp.355-376
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2014..34.015
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : February 28, 2014

Hwang SunMi 1

1한신대학교

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ABSTRACT

Ding Xilin, whose major works were written between 1923 and 1940, is the only Chinese playwright of the modern period to have concentrated solely on the writing of comedy. Ding Xilin is best remembered as the author of the most popular one-act plays of the 1920s and 30s, Ding studied physics and mathematics at the University of Birmingham from 1914 to 1918, at the same time reading Western drama and fiction. After returning to China in 1918, he began to write plays while working as professor of physics at Peking University. Ding is best known for his comedies, his first play, ‘Yi zhi mafeng’ (A hornet, 1923). ‘Yi zhi mafeng’ is a Wasp, a one-act play written in 1923, is a lighthearted comedy about contemporary courtship and marriage. The cast consists of an old lady, Mrs. Ji 吉, her son, Mr. Ji, a young lady, Miss Yu 余 and a servant. The action takes place in the elegant sitting room of a house in Beijing temporarily rented by Mrs. Ji. Mrs Ji has been visiting the capital because her son has been ill and in hospital. She hand hoped to find him a wife during her stay but was unsuccessful. ‘Yi zhi mafeng’ was translated from Korea and Japan. In Japan in 1928 was translated by Yanagita Izumi, Korea in 1932 by Jung Laedong. A Study Korea and Japan of Translation and Strategies.

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