an ▁Ji ▁is ▁a ▁M ing ▁dynast y ▁play ▁with ▁ 3 2 ▁acts . ▁The ▁written ▁version ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁by ▁W en ling e ▁( 文 林 <0xE9> <0x96> <0xA3> ), ▁a ▁Nan j ing ▁publish er ▁owned ▁by ▁a ▁Tang ▁( 唐 ) ▁family ▁during ▁the ▁W an li ▁era ▁( 1 5 7 3 – 1 6 1 5 ). ▁Set ▁in ▁ 1 1 th - century ▁Song ▁dynast y , ▁the ▁play ▁tells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁a ▁car p ▁spirit ▁sed uc ing ▁poor ▁student ▁Z hang ▁Z hen ▁by ▁met am orph osing ▁into ▁a ▁woman , ▁who ▁closely ▁res emb les ▁Z hang ▁Z hen ' s ▁lo ver ▁Jin ▁M ud an . ▁The ▁god dess ▁of ▁mer cy ▁Gu any in , ▁the ▁Dragon ▁King ▁and ▁the ▁legend ary ▁judge ▁Ba o ▁Zh eng ▁work ▁together ▁to ▁sub due ▁and ▁capture ▁the ▁spirit ▁in ▁a ▁fish ▁basket ▁carried ▁by ▁Gu any in . ▁ ▁Modern ▁versions ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Y ue ▁opera ▁tradition , ▁the ▁play ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁Z hui y u ▁( <0xE8> <0xBF> <0xBD> <0xE9> <0xAD> <0x9A> , ▁literally ▁" Ch asing ▁the ▁Fish "). ▁In ▁this ▁version , ▁Jin ▁M ud an ▁is ▁a ▁material ▁girl ▁while ▁the ▁car p ▁spirit ▁is ▁kind . ▁This ▁version ▁ends ▁with ▁Z hang ▁Z hen ' s ▁marriage ▁to ▁Car p ▁Spirit ▁instead ▁of ▁Jin ▁M ud an . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁T ian ▁Han ▁and ▁his