晴雯补裘

　　This is a story from A Dream of Red Mansions1. Third Sister You, a very pretty and strong character, was the sister of jia Zhen's wife. When Jia Zhen, a play boy by nature, was tired of his wife, his eyes fell on the beautiful Third Sister. Collaborasted with his cousin Jia Lian they tried to seduce2（引诱） the girl, only to be met with a harsh telling-off. The two playboys, scared by this virtuous3 but unyielding（不屈的） girl, tried to marry her off as soon as possible. When the Third Sister fell in love with LiuXianglian, an actor who had once played opera in the residence, her sister, Jia Zhen's wife, told her that the young man had left town. But the Third Sister was determined4. "I'll wait for him, one year or ten, it doesn's matter," she said."And if he dies I'll shave my hair and become a mun." On a business trip in the capital, Jia Lian chanced to meet Liu. Jia told Liu of the Third Sister's wish. Liu aired his willingness on the spot. He asken Jia to give his mandarin5 duck（鸳鸯） sword to the girl as a token of his betrothal6（订婚，婚约） . Feeling assured of her marriage and future, every day the girl looked several times affectionately at the sword she had hung by her bed. A few months later, Liu returned. When he saw the girl's beautiful looks, he grew suspicious of her virtue7. "The men in the Jia family are all promiscuous8（杂乱的） ," he thought."Why would this girl fall in love with me when she and I have never met?" He stepped back on the betrothal on a pretext9 that his aunt had betrothed10 him to sombody else and he came to retrieve11 his sword. Third sister knew what was on his mind. Heart bleeding, she took the sword from the wall, unsheathed it and committed suicide before Liu, an act to show her virtue and unyieldingness. The regretful young man cried bitterly over her corpse12. He spent the rest of his life as a priest in a Taoist temple.