272 Beijing Opera Performers - Zheng Ziming - Number 260

Zheng Ziming

Beijing Opera - "Execution of the Yellow Robes"

Tao Sanchun, the daughter of a high-ranking official during the Five Dynasties period (907-960 AD), is famous as a shrew. When Chai Rong, emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty (951-960 AD), comes to the throne, people are sent to take her to the capital to marry the official Zheng Ziming. He asks his friend, a general who goes disguised as a highwayman, to subdue the shrew so that she will not bully her husband in the capital. When the wife finds out about the plot, she gets angry with her would-be husband. She goes to look for Zheng Ziming, who has already runaway from her. Another general, Zhao Guangyin, is summoned by the emperor to settle the dispute between the two and hold a wedding for them.