do not only draw upon Wang Shifu's drama in the 13th century, but also relate to early poetry inspired by narratives of the Song dynasty, as well as dramas and story-telling performances of songs in the Jin dynasty. Translations There have been numerous English translations: The Romance of the Western Chamber (1935), translated by Hsiung Shih-I, Methuen Publishing The West Chamber (1936), translated by Henry H. Hart, Oxford University Press (Hart did not translate the last act) The Western Chamber (1958), translated by Hung Tseng-ling, Foreign Languages Press The Romance of the Western Chamber (1973), translated and adapted by T.C. Lai and Ed Gamarekian, Heinemann The Story of the Western Wing (1995), translated by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema, University of California Press Romance of the Western Bower (2000), translated by Xu Yuanchong and Xu Ming, Foreign Languages Press (bilingual version) The book was translated into Manchu as Möllendorff: Manju nikan Si siang ki. Vincenz Hundhausen made a German translation of this story. A French translation was made by Stanislas Julien in 1872. Adaptations It was a released as a silent film Romance of the Western Chamber in China in 1927, directed by Hou Yao. In 2005, the TVB series Lost in the Chamber of Love made a twist in the tale and had Hongniang, played by Myolie Wu, falling in love with Zhang Sheng, played by Ron Ng, while Cui Yingying, played by Michelle Ye, would marry Emperor Dezong of Tang, played by Kenneth Ma. See also The Orphan of Zhao References Delbanco, Dawn Ho (1983). "The Romance of the Western Chamber: Min Qiji's Album in Cologne." Orientations 14, no. 6 (June): 12-23. Hsu, Wen-Chin (2011). "Illustrations of Romance of the Western Chamber on Chinese Porcelains: Iconography, Style, and Development." Ars Orientalis 40, 39-107, available http://www.jstor.org/stable/23075932 Merker, Annette. "Vincenz Hundhausen (1878-1955): Leben und Werk des Dichters, Druckers, Verlegers, Professors, Regisseurs und Anwalts in Peking" (book review). China Review International. Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 2001. pp. 241–244. 10.1353/cri.2001.0034. - Available from Project MUSE. Song, Rui-bin. On the Role's Evolution of Hongniang in "The Romance of West Chamber". Jixi University, Jixi, Heilongjiang, May 2009, https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/23075932.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Aaa74969e64dd0379542dc207c7496b1b Wang, Shifu, edited and translated with an introduction by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema (1995). The Story of the Western Wing. Berkeley: University of California Press. West, Stephen H., and Wilt L. Idema (1995). “The Status of Wang Shifu’s Story of