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Zhu Ying-tai is in her boudoir.

Confused and worried!

Watching students going to school...

stares at her books and sighs!

I've told you I don't want to eat...

Yet why again do you bring me food?

You haven't eaten for days.

One simply can't go on like this.

That's right. We've to take care of body.

Books and health are equally important.

You can live without books but not food...

Enough! Maybe you wouldn't understand!

Miss, please do have some!

No, I don't wish to.

All right, all right.

Oh, please take it away!

What is this?

Madam has sent lotus seed soup...

and stewed fungus she prepared.

Take them away!

Didn't you hear? Away with it!

Miss, Miss, bad news!

Now, what's the agitation?

Madam is coming up again.

Madam, Miss just fell asleep.

Is she feeling better?

No, much worse.

My poor child! Ah Yin-xin...

Hurry and get her a doctor!

She is a girl from an eminent family.

How can she appear in public places!

How is she?

It is getting serious!

She has not eaten for days now.

You'd better let her go to school.

If anything happens to her...

It's you who has spoiled her!

The doctor is here.

Doctor?

This is my master and madam.

Squire, Madam.

Take a seat, please.

Thank you, sir.

Please be seated.

I say, the doctor looks familiar.

Yes, he looks like Ying-tai's cousin.

Very true!

May I know...

who is not feeling well?

It's my daughter.

A doctor must meet the patient.

And diagnose, according to her...

Complexion, voice, symptoms and pulse.

What might be the reason for her sickness?

She wishes to attend a school in Hangzhou.

I refused, so she is unhappy and sick.

I really wish you could cure her.

It's certainly a queer illness!

Queer illness!

However, there is a cure for it.

But the ingredients are hard to come by.

As long as it cures my daughter...

I wouldn't mind the cost.

But they're not easily obtainable.

There's no harm in telling them to me.

Sir, please listen on then!

Horn of the Dragon King of the Sea.

Brain of a baby shrimp.

Clay from a 10,000-year-old wall.

Frost from a 1,000-year-old tile.

Pair of eggs laid by a male bird.

Intestines of a leech.

Panacea from the fairy mountain.

Fragrance of the Queen of Heaven.

Holy water of the Goddess of Mercy.

Wine made from immortal peaches.

If we have all these ten ingredients...

Your daughter will recover.

Doctor, you are playing a joke on us!

Where can we find such ingredients?

Your daughter's illness is mental.

Hence we must use a mental approach.

Mental approach!

Since she wants to study in Hangzhou...

Please let her!

Once you give your consent...

I think she will be cured at once.

It's bad for a girl to mix among men.

I won't allow it!

I have a plan which would be safe enough.

What is your plan?

Let her dress as a man.

I don't think she would fare any less.

If she is dressed as a man,

I'll bet no one'd know she is a girl.

Even her parents won't recognize her.

You exaggerate so!

I've raised her up myself

I don't think I won't recognize her.

Absolutely! We sure would be able to.

No, you can't!

If we can't, then we will let her go!

On your word of honour?

Yes, on my honour.

Thank you, Father!

It's you?!

Yes, your daughter Ying-tai.

You both failed to recognize her.

Nonsense, that was a trick!

You've promised her, let her go then.

Look how you've spoiled her.

Goodbye, Father and Mother.

Alright, alright.

Alright, stand up. Father has consented.

Thank you, Father!

Distant hills are pleasant.

Spring water reflects a bridge.

Travellers are walking to and fro.

Winery's sign is hanging on treetops.

Birds sing among the thick branches.

Willows dance in the soft breeze.

The scenery is so wonderful here.

Let's rest and stretch our legs.

It's so hot!

Master, how far is the school yet?

Won't be long, take a rest first.

Look, the others go in groups.

Won't it be great if we have company?

This man must be deaf.

Hey! Where are you going?

What're you doing? Movin' hands and feet!

You are not dumb!

You are the dumb one!

Excuse me, pardon me!

Certainly. It's nothing.

We are from Bai Sha Gang, Kuai Ji.

And going to Ni Shan College in Hangzhou.

You are going to school?

No, it's my young Master!

So are we! Wonderful!

Miss!

She's at home, why mention her?

I mean, it'd be nice...

if she would've been here with us!

Yes, indeed!

How do you do, my friend?

Fine, thank you.

Would you be attending Ni Shan College?

Yes, how about yourself?

Yes. May I know your good name?

Zhu Ying-tai.

Brother Zhu.

How do you do. And yourself...?

I am Liang Shan-bo.

Very much honoured to meet you.

The pleasure is mine.

Thank you. I overheard him say...

Your sister wants to study too?

You see, brother...

My sister is ambitious.

Wants to compete with men.

She discards rouge for ink and pen.

And prefers literature to jewels.

She wished to come along with me...

so that we could study together.

But Father is a bit orthodox minded.

Girls can't leave the boudoir!

You are right!

Men and women are born equal.

Such man-made rules are absurd.

I had thought all men are alike.

But he stands up for women's rights!

Friends like him are hard to find.

I'd so like him to be my sworn brother.

Brother Zhu!

Brother Liang!

There's something I dare not say.

Never mind, just say it.

All right then. Please listen.

I feel lonely with no brothers.

There is still a long way ahead of us.

If you don't mind...

We can become sworn brothers.

We've left our homes to study.

By destiny, we meet here.

From now on, let's be friends.

And study together.

I don't have joss-sticks on me though.

We can use willow branches instead.

How old are you?

Sixteen. And you?

Seventeen.

My respectable elder brother!

My beloved younger brother, come!

Beneath the willows, we pledge.

And vow to be sworn brothers.

We are better than real brothers.

Prepared to lay our lives for each other.

What are you doing?

We are also swearing brotherhood!

What? You are swearing to be brothers?!

He means sworn brothers.

Yes, sworn brothers.

Recite the classics and the poems.

Even iron wears out by repeated rubbing.

Ying-tai's wishes have come true.

Study with good teachers and friends.

Way of great learning lies in virtue.

To revitalize and rest in excellence.

Contentment brings rest.

Rest brings calmness.

Calmness brings tranquility.

With tranquility one deliberates.

And then one attains his aims.

To manifest virtue to all mankind.

Firstly governing well their own states.

Wanting to govern well their states.

First harmonized their clans.

Wanting to harmonize their clan.

Firstly cultivated their own self.

It's joyful to learn and practice.

Or when a friend comes from afar.

Ospreys call from the river islet.

Charming girls make good companions.

Women and the mean are hard to keep.

They are insolent and ungrateful.

Confucius says, "with plenty to eat..."

Plenty to eat...plenty to eat...

What comes thereafter?

Plenty to eat...

What's the next phrase?

The next stanza...

What follows "with plenty to eat..."?

With plenty to eat, I won't be hungry.

One cannot carve rotten wood.

One cannot taint a dirty wall.

Ying-tai.

Have you seen Ying-tai?

No.

Hey, you are hiding here studying!

Studying? I am here sulking.

Sulking? Why?

What did Teacher ask you just now?

Women and the mean are hard to keep.

They are insolent and ungrateful.

It is all wrong, very wrong.

Pardon? Was my answer wrong?

I don't mean you.

It's the book!

Men and women are both humans...

Women are the root of trouble.

Haven't you heard this saying before?

Women are the root of trouble! Why...

My dear brother...

Many kingdoms were ruined due to them.

Listen to this, brother!

Mei-xi ruined the Xia Emperor Jie.

Shang's King Zhou was marred due to Da-ji.

Zhou's Emperor You set off beacons...

just to amuse his beloved Bao-si.

These are the teachings of wise sages.

We ought to give it careful thought...

before deciding I'm wrong.

Brother Liang, please listen to me.

Many great women lived in the past.

Listen carefully to what I say.

Goddess Nu-wa mended the sky for us.

Queen Lei fed silk worm with mulberry.

Worthy mothers are also famous.

Like the mother of Mencius.

Those bad kings ruined themselves.

And put the blame on their women.

You don't digest what you study.

And can't tell right from wrong.

Please excuse me for being so frank.

You are indeed a bookworm.

I'm enlightened. You're very talented.

My knowledge is limited.

And not as good as you.

From now on, I'll try my best...

to understand what I've read.

Master, master!

What's the matter?

I, I...

Look at you, speak slowly.

Yin-xin just told me.

Master Zhu is seriously ill.

He must have caught cold.

I must go visit him!

Ying-tai, are you alright?

Just a moment, Master Liang.

Is it really serious?

No, he has just fallen asleep.

Who is it?

It's me!

Brother Liang.

Are you feeling better?

It's nothing serious.

Just a slight fever.

You're running a high temperature.

It's quite late now,

call in the doctor tomorrow.

Let me feel your pulse.

Don't bother. I have brought medicine.

I've told Yin-xin to prepare it.

Master Liang, I will be here.

You can go and rest now.

No, I'll stay here tonight.

Don't worry, I'll keep him company.

How can I? Brother, please go and rest.

There's no need to stand on ceremony.

Tonight, I'll stay with you.

I can attend to all your needs.

Yin-xin, sleep in the outer chamber.

Master Liang,

you are an educated man.

How can you say something like this?

What do you mean?

How can boys and girls sleep together!

Are you implying that I'm a girl?

Since you are not a girl...

How can I ask you to take care of me?

I'll do anything for my brother.

Even hard manual work.

Yin-xin, you may retire.

I'll take over your duty tonight.

That makes it worse.

I'm used to sleeping alone.

If you insist to stay the night...

Please at least use another blanket!

All right, I'll do as you say.

Yin-xin, go and fetch my blanket.

Yin-xin, do as Master Liang says.

It's time to take a bath.

Let's go.

What for?

To bathe in the river

I'm not going!

What's wrong?

Um, I'm not feeling so well.

I am not going if you are not.

We were saying where've we come to?

Look at you!

C'mon, let's go take a dip

I won't come! Hey, stop it!

Let's go!

It's you!

Mending the clothes yourself?

Thank you!

But I just couldn't do it.

Let me do it for you.

You are not a girl.

Your fingers are just as slow as mine.

Here, watch!

All right.

See, it's all done.

Fantastic, better than a girl's work.

I helped you but you make fun of me.

Sorry, sorry!

Time flies by like a shooting arrow.

Three years have gone by swiftly.

Liang Shan-bo and Zhu Ying-tai.

Their friendship is deep as the sea.

One loves to talk and discuss politics.

The other is devoted to the former.

Three years have gone by in a wink.

Spring comes and goes once again.

What are you staring at?

My dear brother!

Ying-tai is not a girl.

Why then are her ears pierced?!

I have a reason for that.

Why are you so suspicious?

In the annual festival of our village...

I always play the Goddess of Mercy.

Concentrate on your studies.

Don't let your mind wander off to girls.

I daren't look at the Goddess anymore.

Master.

Master, the teacher sends for you.

Luckily I've finished the composition.

Wait here, I'll be right back.

Sure.

Miss, a letter again from the Squire.

They want us to go back?

Is it?

It says mother is seriously ill.

So difficult to decide!

Let's go then.

It's easier said than done!

Don't want to leave Master Liang?

You little girl!

Maybe you should talk to Mrs. Meng.

What for?

Tell her the truth.

And ask her to be the matchmaker.

I'm too shy to...

What are you staring at?

It'd be so embarrassing!

Isn't that true!

What a sissy!

I believe it's time to leave.

Thank you, Mrs. Meng.

Have a seat.

Thank you.

Better go home if your mother's sick.

I'll inform your teacher when he's back.

Thank you, Mrs. Meng.

Mrs. Meng.

Anything else?

No, nothing...

Ying-tai, don't be shy.

Just tell me what's bothering you.

Mrs. Meng!

I'm grateful to learn from Teacher.

And you too, for all your kindness.

Since I studied with Brother Liang...

It's been three years already.

Three whole years!

I have a secret...

Don't be shy, I'm like your mother.

Just say it.

I am...

I am a girl dressed as a boy.

I've known that for a long time.

Since you've known it all along...

I needn't be shy.

There is so much I want to say.

But I'll just use this jade bracelet.

Please give it to Brother Liang...

As a token of our betrothal.

You are as pretty as flowers.

And Shan-bo's future is bright.

You two are a perfect match

I'm really glad I can help...

To match you two together.

Thank you, Mrs. Meng.

After three years studying together...

Shan-bo hates to let Ying-tai go.

When I first came to school here.

The scenery is so beautiful.

We met and became sworn brothers.

In that span we came to be quite close.

Now your father wants you to go home.

You must hurry up.

I wish you a peaceful journey!

I will never forget your kindness...

in escorting me such a long way.

Who tends to your mother when you study?

Why don't you get married?

I am only devoted to my studies.

In books, I find my love.

You are from a noble family.

You must have betrothed already.

I don't know how to answer him.

He doesn't know I'm a girl!

I so wish to tell him the truth.

When I remembered father's advice.

To think carefully before I act.

So I hold back the words.

We were saying...

I am still too young to marry.

Today's weather is divine.

We should not waste time.

Let's recite poems on the way.

I am crude and unlearned.

I'm afraid I can't match your talent.

You are being too modest!

It's hard to recite without a subject.

Let's recite about the fine scenery.

I see a woodcutter hurrying by.

With sweat running down his back.

For whom is he toiling so hard?

For whom are you walking down hill?

He is toiling for his wife.

And I'm seeing you off, my brother.

Wrong!

Why?

He is toiling for his brother.

And you're seeing your wife off.

I'm not yet married.

Your words don't make any sense.

We've arrived at the fish pond.

Golden carps swim by in pairs.

Like flounders, they hate to part.

So are the two brothers.

Why are you sighing, brother?

Look at the fishes in the pond.

They loathe to part.

Only hook and bait...

can part them.

How nice if we could be those fish.

Look.

A soft breeze drifts across the water.

A pair of mandarin ducks glides near.

Back and forth they sail together.

They're in love with each other.

Brother Liang, if I were a girl.

Would you want to marry me?

Marry you!

But you are not a girl, right!

Passing mountains after mountains.

We've come to Phoenix Hill.

Here, flowers bloom everywhere.

Too bad, peony isn't here though!

Do you like peony?

There is a lot of peony in my garden.

Come over to my house if you want some.

Oh, I do love Peony.

But it's such a long way to your home.

How can I go there just for flowers?

Bro, pick the flowers while in bloom.

Don't wait till there are no more.

Right ahead is a river.

A pair of geese is swimming by.

The gander is in front.

The goose follows, calling "Brother!"

I've not heard a sound at all.

How can a goose call a gander?

Don't you see the goose smiling?

She thinks you are an idiotic gander.

If I am an idiotic gander...

Don't ever call me brother anymore.

Right ahead is a narrow bridge.

I am scared and trembling.

Let me help you across.

We are like the Cowboy and Spinning Maid.

Resting in Goddess of Mercy's temple.

The boy and girl attendants stand by.

They look like a perfect couple.

Who is to act as their matchmaker?

How could they be a couple?

They can't?

Look, who is he?

It's moon, the proverbial matchmaker!

If he is the matchmaker...

Why doesn't he unite the two?

Matchmaking is difficult.

Only lovers should be united.

They are made from wood and earth.

They don't know what love is.

Brother Liang, they love each other.

They just can't express it.

Goddess of Mercy will unite them.

Let's perform the ceremony for them.

That's nonsense, brother.

How can two men get married?

We now arrive at the pond.

We can see our reflections in it.

Destiny brings us together from afar.

Without affinity, we wouldn't have met.

Look at the reflections in the water.

A boy and a girl smile at each other.

I am a man inside out.

You shouldn't...

You may compare me to a woman.

After the pond we come to a village.

In the village, dogs are barking.

They don't bite the man in front.

But bite the girl who follows!

Nonsense, brother!

There isn't any girl here.

Be brave, don't be afraid.

I'll chase the dog away for you.

An ox is coming this way.

A buffalo boy is riding on its back.

Singing all his worries away.

But the ox doesn't understand.

What a pity, Brother Liang.

You're as dumb as an ox!

I'm angry and not without reason.

I'm a man but you call me an ox.

A big dumb ox!

Don't be angry, Brother Liang!

I apologize to you, please forgive me.

Thank you for seeing me off.

Here we must bid a sad farewell.

I have a question on my mind.

Are you betrothed?

I come from a poor family.

How can I be betrothed without money?

I haven't even finished my studies.

How can I be betrothed?

Since you are not betrothed...

I have a younger sister at home.

If you're desirous of getting married...

I'll be your matchmaker.

She is far away and I can't see her.

I'm sure she must be pretty and young.

We are very similar.

She looks exactly like me.

For she and I are twins.

Thank you, matchmaker!

Thank you for being so thoughtful.

So that's why you kept uttering nonsense.

You want to match me with your sister.

But I was too stupid to realize it.

I don't know when we will meet again!

Take good care of yourself.

There is so much I wish to say!

These are the last words I'll repeat.

Come soon to Zhu's villa for her.

Master Zhu.

Lingering for the departure

Zhu Ying-tai holds back her tears.

She has so much on her mind.

Hoping Liang will come for her soon.

I think of you day and night.

Days seem endless after we part.

Do you know I'm lying sick in bed?

I feel chilly in the starry night.

Mrs. Meng, thank you!

You are not yourself these days.

What's wrong?

I've... been thinking about... home.

Then you should go home for a while.

That won't be necessary...

Go to sleep.

I have something to tell you.

What is it?

Smilingly I ask the bookworm.

Something bizarre for you to guess.

Is he really a boy or a girl?

Whom are you talking about?

Ying-tai, whom you spent 3 years with.

There is nothing bizarre about it.

How could Ying-tai be a girl?

You're merely teasing me

I may be a bookworm but not a fool.

She came into my room before she left.

She was shy and reluctant to speak.

She used a jade bracelet as a token.

Asking me to be her matchmaker.

Ying-tai has a sister like himself.

He wanted me to marry her.

He told me everything before he left.

Thank you Mrs. Meng, for your effort.

Ying-tai is really a girl.

She confessed before me.

Who would tell you directly about it?

You are really a foolish bookworm.

Is Ying-tai really a girl?

Of course!

Ying-tai... is a girl?!

Then Ying-tai is her own sister.

Her sister is Ying-tai!

We spent 3 years together.

How could this be?

Then she has betrothed herself to me?

She has betrothed herself to me!

Since you two are engaged...

You should go to her at once.

Tell the Teacher tomorrow and go to her.

Shan-bo wants to call on Ying-tai.

He leaves school and is on his way.

To visit Ying-tai at Zhu's villa.

Everything is like before.

Pleasant memories came flashing back.

I'd never imagined him to be a girl.

Leave the city, pass the gate.

She said I was walking for my wife.

She said the fish were like brothers.

After the hill, when we came to the pond.

She said mandarin ducks formed a pair.

She already had our marriage in mind then!

Phoenix Hill, Phoenix Hill.

Peony awaits in her garden.

Oh, geese in the river.

I was really an idiotic gander!

We're like Cowboy and Spinning Maid...

The marriage ceremony in the temple...

Reflection of boy and girl in water...

The dog biting the girl...

All these things

I couldn't guess.

I'm really a big dumb ox!

And I'm a little dumb ox!

In the shadow of the willow.

She betrothed me to her sister.

But she IS actually her sister!

Ying-tai, this sure is a good match.

You did the right thing!

Taking out my betrothal token.

Happily I put it away again.

Sooner I arrive, sooner we'll meet.

The bridal sedan will be on its way.

Hurriedly I travel on.

I wish I had wings to fly to her side.

Miss...

Master Liang's matchmaker is here!

How do you know?

Why wouldn't I know?

Just now, I was at the front door.

I saw an old woman leaving.

The guard said she came to see Squire.

About matchmaking matter.

She must've been sent by Master Liang!

Don't tease me.

I am not, it's true!

No wonder the candle wick burst.

That means something good will happen.

Yes, something good did happen!

Father, Mother.

Squire, Madam.

I was just thinking about your future.

When a matchmaker came to me.

It is really something good!

You've grown up and should be married.

This is a godsent perfect match.

I have already given my consent.

What do you say?

Do you know who the boy is?

Father, who is the boy?

This is an extraordinary event.

You must have heard of him!

He is Mandarin's son, Ma Wen-cai.

How do you like it?

What?

I won't marry him!

Why? It's a perfect match.

Everybody knows that...

Ma is a playboy.

How can you believe these rumors?

I cannot obey you.

Where is your filial piety?

I'd rather serve you at home.

Nonsense! Everyone must get married.

If I marry, I won't marry Ma Wen-cai.

Now I know.

When you were in Hangzhou, did you...

Yin Xin, you served her at school for 3 years.

What happened there? Speak up.

Just tell the truth, Yin-xin.

When Miss went to school in Hangzhou.

She and Liang Shan-bo became friends.

Before we left, she...

Speak up!

Miss pledged the hand of her sister...

Ying-tai, you...

No wonder she won't listen to reason.

She has found a lover herself.

And refused to a perfect marriage.

You're breaking your father's heart!

Since the beginning of universe...

No girl ever chooses her own husband.

The Ma family is rich and influential.

Liang Shan-bo can never match our families.

Father.

Shan-bo and I are in love.

I really can't marry Ma Wen-cai.

I have already promised the Mas.

Betrothal to be sent without delay.

I've also made up my mind, father...

You disobedient girl!

Miss!

Don't lose your temper.

Let me persuade her.

I don't care. You have to obey me.

Mother...

My dear, you know your father well.

It'd be better if you give in.

Mother...

Father has made a big mistake.

He shouldn't have betrothed me to Ma.

Ever since I returned home...

I have told you everything.

My dear mother....

The Ma family is rich and influential.

Father can't go back on his word.

And you cannot fix your own alliance.

Your behavior will create a scandal.

You'd better obey your father.

Like a plum blossom takes wind and snow.

A phoenix cannot marry a common crow

I don't care how powerful Mas are.

I'll marry him only if...

the sun rises in the west.

Ying-tai!

Madam, what should we do now?

Liang Shan-bo should have come sooner.

This way please.

Miss, Master Liang is here!

Liang Shan-bo, Zhu Ying-tai.

They meet again.

One is thrilled and joyful.

The other is filled with sadness.

Si-jiu.

Please leave.

Yes.

Yin-xin.

Serve tea for Master Liang.

Sure.

Miss.

Brother Liang!

I am your brother's friend.

I'm here to visit him. Is he here?

Brother Liang, look carefully.

You...

I am Ying-tai!

I disguised as a man to go to school.

We met and became sworn brothers.

These 3 years, you took care of me.

I am really grateful to you.

We called each other brothers then.

Now...

You are dressed as a girl.

What should I call you?

You used to call me brother.

Now, just address me as sister.

Yes, my sister.

Brother Liang.

Please take a seat.

Yes, please sit down too.

Master Liang, have some tea.

How've you been after we parted?

Very well. How about you?

I am all right too.

Passing through here, is it?

I'm here to visit your parents.

And to see your sister.

My sister?

Listen, sister.

The other day when I saw you off...

You said you'd be my matchmaker.

For the hand of your sister

I'm here to propose marriage.

Brother Liang.

Do you know who my sister is?

It's the same Ying-tai.

It's you?

Liang Shan-bo and Zhu Ying-tai.

Were destined by Heaven to wed.

Their love is true.

They'll always be together.

But my father has given me...

Had the words barely left her mouth...

She fled to her boudoir in tears.

If she didn't intend to keep her word...

Why did she pretend to be matchmaker?

Yin-xin! Tell me.

To whom has her father betrothed her?

To that dandy Ma Wen-cai.

Brother Liang.

Ying-tai! You...

We swore eternal love.

I have only you in my heart.

Your father betrothed you to Ma.

You should've refused at once.

I have done my best...

To refuse his proposal.

But my father won't hear it.

He can't break the betrothal.

So, he won't?

Your father won't break the betrothal.

But my bridal sedan will come first.

I'll invite our Teacher's wife.

To sit in Zhu villa's parlour.

We two are betrothed as well.

Jade bracelet and butterfly pendant.

Why can't we become husband and wife?

Jade bracelet and butterfly pendant.

Butterflies should fly in pairs.

We two have chosen ourselves.

Others don't recognize it.

Even though they don't recognize it

I still want to live and die with you.

Your words wring my heart.

Tears flow down my cheeks.

Brother Liang, you are the only son.

Your elderly mother depends on you.

I'm not blessed to find happiness.

You'd better find someone else.

Even if it's a Heavenly angel, I won't love.

I am leaving.

Brother Liang.

You came here to visit me.

There is nothing more I can say.

I'll pour you a goblet of wine.

I never knew I'm here only for wine!

Brother Liang.

It was love at first sight.

And it grew during those three years.

I left the jade bracelet as a token.

To be given to you by Mrs. Meng.

When you saw me off...

I tried to let you know my heart.

I told you about reflections in water.

I proposed to wed before the Goddess.

Who would have known all was in vain?

A pair of mandarin ducks is separated.

My father has betrothed me to Ma.

My heart is broken, all hope gone.

What else can I say to my friend?

What else can I say to an old friend?

I thought our love can unite us.

Who knew strong winds separate us.

To whom can I pour my heart out?

From whom can I seek sympathy?

Awakened abruptly from sweet dreams!

All love thoughts shattered to bits.

I dare not trail the road we travelled.

Lest I come by the same mandarin ducks!

My brother Liang!

I have wronged you.

Not because I'm heartless.

Only because I can't disobey father.

Brother Liang!

I cried for you.

From evening till morning.

For you I travelled here fast.

Not minding fatigue or sweat

I was angry at father because of you.

Jeopardizing my relationship with him.

My heart is broken because of you.

Nothing can mend it again.

Promise is broken, a token rendered useless.

All my hopes have vanished.

My heart is on fire but hands are cold.

I'm returning the jade to you now.

Bid you farewell with swallowed tears.

You're not well, how can you travel?

I have to even if I can't.

How can I die in your house?

Brother Liang, don't take it too hard.

Take care of your health.

We can still be friends.

When will you come to visit me again?

If I live on, I will certainly come.

If not, we won't meet in this world.

Go to find me in my grave.

Find the grave.

And carve two names on it.

Liang Shan-bo and Zhu Ying-tai.

We can't marry now, in death we will.

Liang Shan-bo and Zhu Ying-tai.

They can't become man and wife.

In death, they will never part.

Even death won't part us both.

Ying-tai, Ying-tai!

Shan-bo, it's time for medicine.

Si-jiu, Si-jiu.

He is not back yet.

Mother, will Ying-tai come?

She will. Drink this first.

Medicine can't cure me.

I think I am dying!

You are not...

Mother, you've loved me in vain.

Shan-bo, don't say such things, dear.

Sorry that you'd have to see me die.

I can only repay you in my next life.

For all you've done for me.

Shan-bo.

She didn't come with you?

Master, she is already Ma's wife.

She's asked you to take care of yourself.

Yes, you must take care of yourself.

What did she say about my letter?

She cried and gave you this.

This means that till death do us part.

But in this life, we cannot wed.

Master.

Shan-bo...

Master!

Mother, bury me by the Southern Mountain.

Shan-bo, don't be silly.

Give this to Miss.

She will have this to remember me by.

Silk thread ends only when the worm dies.

Even in death I will not give up.

Master... Shan-bo...

Ying-tai...

Shan-bo... Master...

Miss, the bridal sedan is here.

Please get ready.

Oh, Heavens! Miss!

Master, he is...

How is he?

He is dead...

Miss! Miss!...

Brother Liang!

With tears I call out your name.

I call you, Brother Liang.

We had hoped to unite...

But were torn apart.

Our farewell was eternal.

I have caused your death.

Father's orders were strict.

The Mas are vicious.

Brother Liang!

Though our love dreams have perished...

I will follow you.

Even into Hell!

Si-jiu, before your Master left...

Did he say something for me?

He told me to give you this.

To remind you of him.

This...

Is his blood...

He died calling your name.

Poor brother Liang, it's tragic!

Has he been buried yet?

By the road near Southern Mountains.

Southern Mountains...!

Si-jiu, go home.

Prepare offerings.

And wait for me by the grave.

Miss, you...?

Please don't ask anymore.

Go now.

Yin-xin, see him off.

Yes.

Squire, Madam.

Respects to Squire, Madam.

The bridal sedan is here.

Why don't you help Miss prepare?

He is already dead.

What's there to prepare?

What did you say?

Squire.

Master Liang has died!

Why haven't you still awakened?

This is the will of God.

Today is your big day.

Forget the trivial things.

Father, you're taking it too lightly...

Ying-tai.

The wedding sedan is here; waiting.

It is too late to go back on it.

There is no need to back out.

I never agreed to it in the first place.

Ying-tai, you...

Now, be calm!

Marriages are decided by parents.

Your father has consented to it.

How can he change it now?

The Mas are rich and influential.

That's their business.

My heart has always been with Liang.

Alive we couldn't unite, by death we'll

I'd rather die than be with the Mas.

How preposterous!

Would you say father has wronged you?

Father, are you forcing me?

The wedding sedan is already at the door.

All right, I'll obey you...

That's like a good girl!

But, on one condition...

What is it?

At the front of sedan I want mourning lanterns.

And joss sticks behind for sacrifice.

The procession takes a southern route.

For I want to visit Shan-bo's grave.

Today is your wedding day.

How can you go visit Shan-bo's grave?

It's impossible.

No bride ever goes to a grave first.

It's absurd! It's nonsense!

If you won't agree to this...

I will not enter the sedan.

Time's running short, just let her.

I mean, how could I allow?

Let her visit the grave.

The wedding could be later at the Ma's.

This...

All right!

You've really made me mad.

All right now...!

Brother Liang...!

You have left me forever.

We can't spend our lives together.

I thought we're meant for each other.

But fate has been cruel to us.

I hoped you would send a matchmaker.

But crows brought bad news instead.

I hoped you'd also bring an orchestra.

But our bridge of love was broken.

I hoped you'd fetch me in your sedan.

But I've come to mourning instead!

Brother Liang...

I can't see you but only your grave.

All my pleas won't bring you back.

Ying-tai will never change her mind.

I will never marry Ma Wen-cai.

Brother Liang!

Alive we couldn't unite, by death we will.

Flowers bloom under rainbow bridge.

Butterflies flutter in pairs.

Time goes by but their love won't die.

That's Liang Shan-bo and Zhu Ying-tai.