The protagonist steals a silver gong and golden bell from Miss Hoan and has a stormy relationship with a man whom she lives with while his father is away, Thuc.  
Early in this work, it is stated that one character composed a song entitled Cruel Fate which she plays on her lute while in captivity much later.  Opening with the line "A hundred years Â– in this lifespan on earth / talent and destiny are apt to feud", this work features the ghost of a courtesan whose abandoned grave inspires the protagonist to write a quatrain, Dam Tien.  The protagonist steals a silver gong and golden bell from Miss Hoan and has a stormy relationship with a man whom she lives with while his father is away, Thuc.  In the end, the protagonist continues to live as a nun even though she is reunited with her lover Kim Trong.  Early in the work, the protagonist is forced to sell herself as a concubine to Scholar Ma after the arrest of her father Vuong on spurious charges.  FTP, name this work written in luc bat meter by Nguyen Du, a national epic of Vietnam.
Early in this work, it is stated that one character composed a song entitled Cruel Fate which she plays on her lute while in captivity much later.  
The Tale of Kieu or Truyen Kieu or Kim Van Kieu