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navigation, search Butterfly Lovers Simplified Chinese 梁山伯与祝英台
Traditional Chinese 梁山伯與祝英台 Literal meaning Liang Shanbo and Zhu
Yingtai            Historical accounts[edit]  The earliest
record of the legend can be traced back to the late Tang
Dynasty. In Shidao Sifan Zhi (十道四蕃志), the author Liang Zaiyan
(梁載言) wrote:[5]  The righteous woman Zhu Yingtai was buried
together with Liang Shanbo.  In Xuanshi Zhi (宣室志), the author
Zhang Du (張讀) wrote:[6]  Yingtai, a daughter of the Zhu family
of Shangyu, disguised herself as a man and attended school
together with Liang Shanbo from Kuaiji (present-day Shaoxing).
Shanbo's courtesy name was "Churen". Zhu returned home first.
Two years later, Shanbo visited her and only knew that she was a
woman then. He was disappointed and felt as though he had made a
loss. He asked her parents for her hand in marriage but her
family had already betrothed her to the Ma family. Shanbo
assumed office as a magistrate in Yi