Surpise Reunion


A Questioning	A Questioning		Writing a Grievance
Chen, Anna Wen, Fulin	Chen, Anna Wen, Fulin		Wang, Taiqi Zeng, Shulan


Writing a Grievance	Writing a Grievance		Writing a Grievance
Wang, Taiqi Zeng, Shulan	Wang, Taiqi Zeng, Shulan		Wang, Taiqi Zeng, Shulan


Writing a Grievance	Writing a Grievance		Writing a Grievance
Wang, Taiqi Zeng, Shulan	Wang, Taiqi Zeng, Shulan		Wang, Taiqi Zeng, Shulan


Writing a Grievance	Writing a Grievance		Writing a Grievance
Wang, Taiqi Zeng, Shulan	Wen, Yuhang Yeh, Wan-chih		Wen, Yuhang Yeh, Wan-chih


Writing a Grievance	Writing a Grievance
Wen, Yuhang Yeh, Wan-chih	Wen, Yuhang Yeh, Wan-chih


Surpise Reunion : A Questioning
Synopsis of “A Questioning,” A Scene from “Surprise Reunions” Li Qi was a horse trader taking residence in Bao County. His first wife died and left him a daughter Guizhi and a son Baotong. Li Qi’s second wife Yang Shi was a blackhearted wench carrying on an affair with a local official Tian Wang. She threw her step-children out of the house while Li Qi was once away on business. When Li Qi returned and found his children gone, he questioned the maid Chunhua, who, in fright, hanged herself. Yang Shi and Tian Wang reported to the authority that Li Qi had murdered the maid. They further bribed Magistrate Hu into sentencing Li to death. Li Qi was thus imprisoned until execution. After being forced out of her home, Guizhi, Li Qi’s daughter, was adopted by a family, who later married her off to Zhao Chong, the new magistrate of Bao County. Her brother Baotong struggled his way to the capital, passed the imperial examination and became a high-ranking official. Our scene starts one day after Zhao Chong has gone on an official trip to the rural areas to boost the morale of the farmers. Guizhi sits alone in her quarters when she hears Li Qi’s pitiful wailing in the prison behind her mansion. Curious and moved, she sends for him and questions at length about his affliction. She is soon shocked to realize that the wrongfully accused prisoner is none other than her dear, long parted father. The scene ends with Guizhi eagerly and tearfully awaiting her husband’s return, so she can ask him for help.

Surpise Reunion : Writing a Grievance
The scene "Writing a Grievance" depicts Guizhi, after learning about her father's injustice, turns to Zhao Chong, her husband and the new magistrate, for help upon his return. Zhao Chong then writes a grievance and teaches her how to file it with the higher official. The marvelously warm episode is made more touching by the alternating laughter and tears, as shown in the loving exchanges between our two young, newly married protagonists. As for the story, everything turns out smoothly and all the innocent members of the Li family live happily ever after.


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