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* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Peony is the most intellectually gifted and emotionally aware girl in her family's home, and she's often on the recieving end of her cousin's disparaging remarks.
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* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Peony is the most intellectually gifted and emotionally aware girl in her family's home, and she's often on the recieving receiving end of her cousin's disparaging remarks.
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* AgeGapRomance: When Wu Ren and Quin Yi marry, he's in his forties and she's in her teens. During this time period this wasn't that strange, and it actually works out brilliantly.
* ArrangedMarriage:
** Peony and Wu Ren's marriage was arranged between their respective family's practically since Peony's birth.
** A PerfectlyArrangedMarriage happens between Wu Ren and Quin Yi.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Once Peony's grave marker finally gets dotted, she's able to move on to the next stage of the afterlife.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Penny moves on to the next stage of her afterlife. She has to leave her beloved Wu Ren behind, but she's confident that they will be reunited when he dies someday.]]
* {{Bookworm}}: Since books and writing play a huge role in the novel, there are a few characters who have a deep love of literature.
** Peony, big time. Her father counts as well.
** Wu Ren, a sensitive poet, is also this. Quin Yi also develops a love for reading.
* ArrangedMarriage:
** Peony and Wu Ren's marriage was arranged between their respective family's practically since Peony's birth.
** A PerfectlyArrangedMarriage happens between Wu Ren and Quin Yi.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Once Peony's grave marker finally gets dotted, she's able to move on to the next stage of the afterlife.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Penny moves on to the next stage of her afterlife. She has to leave her beloved Wu Ren behind, but she's confident that they will be reunited when he dies someday.]]
* {{Bookworm}}: Since books and writing play a huge role in the novel, there are a few characters who have a deep love of literature.
** Peony, big time. Her father counts as well.
** Wu Ren, a sensitive poet, is also this. Quin Yi also develops a love for reading.
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* AgeGapRomance: When Wu Ren and Quin Yi marry, he's in his forties and she's in her teens. During this time period this wasn't that strange, strange and it actually works out brilliantly.
their personalities wind up complimenting each other very well.
*ArrangedMarriage:
**ArrangedMarriage: A prospective husband for Peony and Wu Ren's marriage was arranged between their respective family's practically since Peony's birth.
** A PerfectlyArrangedMarriage happens betweensoon after Peony was born. Peony assumes that her betrothed is an ugly old man, so when her father points out her betrothed in the audience she doesn't look. If she had, she would've found out it was Wu Ren and Quin Yi.
Ren, the poet she met while everyone else was watching the opera.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Once Peony'sgrave marker ancestral tablet finally gets dotted, she's able to move on to the next stage of the afterlife.]]
* BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler:Penny moves on [[spoiler:Penny's ancestral tablet is finally dotted, meaning she doesn't have to the next stage of her afterlife. She has be a hungry ghost anymore. Of course, this means she'll have to leave her beloved Wu Ren behind, but she's confident she managed to find a him a wife who'll take care of him until his own death. Peony is also certain that they will be reunited when he dies someday.she'll reunite with him in the afterlife.]]
* {{Bookworm}}:Since books and writing play Peony's father loves to read, a trait he passed on to his only child, Peony. As for Peony, she's a huge role in fan of ''The Peony Pavilion'' and has been collecting different editions of the novel, there are a few characters who have a deep love of literature.
** Peony, big time.opera whenever possible. Her father counts as well.
**fiance, Wu Ren, Ren is a sensitive poet, poet who is also this. Quin Yi also develops a love one of the first people outside of Peony's father to ask her for reading.her opinions on the opera.
*
**
** A PerfectlyArrangedMarriage happens between
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Once Peony's
* BittersweetEnding:
* {{Bookworm}}:
** Peony, big time.
**
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%%* CoolOldLady: Peony's grandmother.
* DaddysGirl: Peony has a strong bond with her father and is hurt when she discovers he doesn't valuable her as much as thought due to her sex.
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:Tan Ze dies while trying to give birth to her and Wu Ren's firstborn. Because of this she's sent to the Blood-Gathering Lake in the afterlife, which is a special hell for women who die from childbearing.]]
* DeathIsASadThing: Peony's death hits her family and Wu Ren hard.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The grotesque manner of footbinding is touted as something positive and helpful, as it allows women to make respectable marriages, and is seen as a sign of defiance against the Manchus accurately replicates the attitude of most during China at the time, as does the belief that a woman's only duty is to bear sons and serve her husband's family.
* DespairEventHorizon: Peony almost goes into a spiral of despair after her mother burns all of her books, including her beloved copy of ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion''. Luckily, finding out that the book with all her commentary survived prevented a full on HeroicBSOD.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Peony starves herself to death to avoid her ArrangedMarriage, unknowing that her husband-to-be is actually the man she's in love with.]]
* TheDutifulSon: After Peony dies and her grandmother lifts the fertility curse on the family, the intelligent and responsible young man her father adopts produces heirs and takes good care of the family's lands, tenants, and surviving members. %%** Wu Ren is this to his mother as well.
%%* GentlemanAndAScholar: Wu Ren.
* GreenEyedMonster: Peony [[DrivenToMadness completely loses it]] during Tan Ze and Wu Ren's wedding night. She only calms down when she realizes that Tan Ze's [[IceQueen coldness]] makes her beloved Wu Ren miserable. She then decides to put all her energy into [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making Wu Ren's marriage successful]].
* HappilyMarried: Thanks to Peony, Wu Ren finds marital bliss with Quin Yi. His marriage to Tan Ze was only happy on his end, since Peony was forcing Tan Ze through most of her wifely duties (of which he was unaware).
* HenpeckedHusband: Ten Ze complains constantly about the lack of luxury in Wu Ren's house, the conduct of the servants, and the quality of the food. She insults her husband's poetry too and loudly demands money to buy expensive goods for herself. At one point, she even begs her parents to buy her back from Wu Ren, but [[EveryoneHasStandards even they are disgusted]] with her bratty and embarrassing behavior. They give Tan Ze's mother-in-law compensation instead. Wu Ren has to turn to prostitutes for comfort before Peony intervenes.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Peony is the most intellectually gifted and emotionally aware girl in her family's home, and she suffers hard because of it.
%%* JerkAss: Peony's grandfather, to a hideous degree. Penny's grandmother despises him for good reason.
* DaddysGirl: Peony has a strong bond with her father and is hurt when she discovers he doesn't valuable her as much as thought due to her sex.
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:Tan Ze dies while trying to give birth to her and Wu Ren's firstborn. Because of this she's sent to the Blood-Gathering Lake in the afterlife, which is a special hell for women who die from childbearing.]]
* DeathIsASadThing: Peony's death hits her family and Wu Ren hard.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The grotesque manner of footbinding is touted as something positive and helpful, as it allows women to make respectable marriages, and is seen as a sign of defiance against the Manchus accurately replicates the attitude of most during China at the time, as does the belief that a woman's only duty is to bear sons and serve her husband's family.
* DespairEventHorizon: Peony almost goes into a spiral of despair after her mother burns all of her books, including her beloved copy of ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion''. Luckily, finding out that the book with all her commentary survived prevented a full on HeroicBSOD.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Peony starves herself to death to avoid her ArrangedMarriage, unknowing that her husband-to-be is actually the man she's in love with.]]
* TheDutifulSon: After Peony dies and her grandmother lifts the fertility curse on the family, the intelligent and responsible young man her father adopts produces heirs and takes good care of the family's lands, tenants, and surviving members. %%** Wu Ren is this to his mother as well.
%%* GentlemanAndAScholar: Wu Ren.
* GreenEyedMonster: Peony [[DrivenToMadness completely loses it]] during Tan Ze and Wu Ren's wedding night. She only calms down when she realizes that Tan Ze's [[IceQueen coldness]] makes her beloved Wu Ren miserable. She then decides to put all her energy into [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making Wu Ren's marriage successful]].
* HappilyMarried: Thanks to Peony, Wu Ren finds marital bliss with Quin Yi. His marriage to Tan Ze was only happy on his end, since Peony was forcing Tan Ze through most of her wifely duties (of which he was unaware).
* HenpeckedHusband: Ten Ze complains constantly about the lack of luxury in Wu Ren's house, the conduct of the servants, and the quality of the food. She insults her husband's poetry too and loudly demands money to buy expensive goods for herself. At one point, she even begs her parents to buy her back from Wu Ren, but [[EveryoneHasStandards even they are disgusted]] with her bratty and embarrassing behavior. They give Tan Ze's mother-in-law compensation instead. Wu Ren has to turn to prostitutes for comfort before Peony intervenes.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Peony is the most intellectually gifted and emotionally aware girl in her family's home, and she suffers hard because of it.
%%* JerkAss: Peony's grandfather, to a hideous degree. Penny's grandmother despises him for good reason.
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%%* CoolOldLady: Peony's grandmother.
grandmother
* DaddysGirl: Peony has a strong bond with her father and is hurt when she discovers he doesn'tvaluable value her as much as she thought due to her sex.
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:Tan Ze dies while trying to give birth to her and Wu Ren's firstborn. Because of this she's sent to the Blood-Gathering Lake in the afterlife, which is a special hell for women who die fromchildbearing.childbirth.]]
* DeathIsASadThing: Peony's death hits her family and Wu Ren hard.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The grotesque manner of footbinding is touted as something positive and helpful, as it allows women to make respectable marriages, marriages and is seen as a sign of defiance against the Manchus Manchus. This accurately replicates the attitude of most during China at the time, as does the belief that a woman's only duty is to bear sons and serve her husband's family.
* DespairEventHorizon: Peony almost goes into a spiral of despair after her mother burns all of her books, including her beloved copy of ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion''. Luckily, finding out that the book with all of her commentary survived prevented a full on HeroicBSOD.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Peony starves herself to death to avoid her ArrangedMarriage, unknowing that her husband-to-be is actually the man she's in love with.]]
* TheDutifulSon: After Peony dies and her grandmother lifts the fertility curse on the family, Bao- the intelligent and responsible young man her father adopts adopted- produces heirs and takes good care of the family's lands, tenants, and surviving members. %%** Wu Ren is this to his mother as well.
%%*members.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: WuRen.
Ren is a poet who appreciates ''qing'' and takes an interest in discecting and discussing various texts. He's also kind and gracious.
* GreenEyedMonster: Peony [[DrivenToMadness completely loses it]] during Tan Ze and Wu Ren's wedding night. She only calms down when she realizes that Tan Ze's [[IceQueen coldness]] makes her beloved Wu Ren miserable. She then decides to put all her energy into [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making Wu Ren's marriagesuccessful]].
successful]] at the cost of Tan Ze's autonomy.
* HappilyMarried: Thanks to Peony, Wu Ren finds marital bliss with QuinYi. His marriage to Tan Ze was only happy on his end, since Peony was forcing Tan Ze through most of her wifely duties (of which he was unaware).
Yi.
* HenpeckedHusband: Ten Ze complains constantly about the lack of luxury in Wu Ren's house, the conduct of the servants, and the quality of the food. She insults her husband's poetry too and loudly demands money to buy expensive goods for herself. At one point, she even begs her parents to buy her back from Wu Ren, but [[EveryoneHasStandards even they are disgusted]] with her bratty and embarrassing behavior. They give Tan Ze's mother-in-law compensationinstead. instead, and Wu Ren has to turn to prostitutes for comfort before Peony intervenes.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Peony is the most intellectually gifted and emotionally aware girl in her family's home, andshe suffers hard because she's often on the recieving end of it.her cousin's disparaging remarks.
%%* * JerkAss: Peony's grandfather, grandfather used his own wife as a shield in order to a hideous degree. Penny's grandmother despises him for good reason. ensure his and his son's survival.
* DaddysGirl: Peony has a strong bond with her father and is hurt when she discovers he doesn't
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:Tan Ze dies while trying to give birth to her and Wu Ren's firstborn. Because of this she's sent to the Blood-Gathering Lake in the afterlife, which is a special hell for women who die from
* DespairEventHorizon: Peony almost goes into a spiral of despair after her mother burns all of her books, including her beloved copy of ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion''. Luckily, finding out that the book with all of her commentary survived prevented a full on HeroicBSOD.
%%*
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Wu
* GreenEyedMonster: Peony [[DrivenToMadness completely loses it]] during Tan Ze and Wu Ren's wedding night. She only calms down when she realizes that Tan Ze's [[IceQueen coldness]] makes her beloved Wu Ren miserable. She then decides to put all her energy into [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making Wu Ren's marriage
* HappilyMarried: Thanks to Peony, Wu Ren finds marital bliss with Quin
* HenpeckedHusband: Ten Ze complains constantly about the lack of luxury in Wu Ren's house, the conduct of the servants, and the quality of the food. She insults her husband's poetry too and loudly demands money to buy expensive goods for herself. At one point, she even begs her parents to buy her back from Wu Ren, but [[EveryoneHasStandards even they are disgusted]] with her bratty and embarrassing behavior. They give Tan Ze's mother-in-law compensation
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Peony is the most intellectually gifted and emotionally aware girl in her family's home, and
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* SmittenTeenageGirl: Peony quickly becomes instantly smitten with Wu Ren when she first sees him. Her crush on him ends up taking over her thoughts and actions.
%% * SpiritedYoungLady:
%% ** Peony.
%% ** Quin Yi, despite being from a lower-class family. Peony and her family's interference in her education helps give her the refinement she needs to marry in Wu Ren's family.
%%* SpoiledBrat: Tan Ze.
%% * SpiritedYoungLady:
%% ** Peony.
%% ** Quin Yi, despite being from a lower-class family. Peony and her family's interference in her education helps give her the refinement she needs to marry in Wu Ren's family.
%%* SpoiledBrat: Tan Ze.
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* SmittenTeenageGirl: Peony quickly becomes instantly smitten with Wu Ren when she first sees him. Her crush on him ends up taking over her thoughts and actions.
%% * SpiritedYoungLady:
%% ** Peony.
%% ** Quin Yi, despite being from a lower-class family.SpiritedYoungLady: Sixteen-year-old Peony is the only daughter of a well-off family living in 17th century China. She does whatever she can to act like a proper maiden is expected to, mostly to please her highly traditionalist mother. Her father, however, has encouraged a love of the written word in her; he does this by buying her copies of her favorite opera, ''The Peony Pavilion'', and her family's interference in her education helps give her the refinement she needs to marry in Wu Ren's family.
%%*discussing its content with her.
* SpoiledBrat: TanZe. Ze pestered her father into marrying her off to Wu Ren, not because she genuinely loved him instead of her original betrothed, but because Tan Ze saw Wu Ren before Peony and- with Peony dead- Tan Ze can now have him to herself.
%% ** Peony.
%% ** Quin Yi, despite being from a lower-class family.
%%*
* SpoiledBrat: Tan
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* UnusualEuphemism:
** Sexual intercourse is constantly referred to as "clouds and rain."
** Oral sex is referred to as "playing the flute" at one point.
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Averted with Peony who, despite having died a maiden, is able to help Ren and Tan Ze with their troublesome sex life using excerpts from an opera.
** Sexual intercourse is constantly referred to as "clouds and rain."
** Oral sex is referred to as "playing the flute" at one point.
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Averted with Peony who, despite having died a maiden, is able to help Ren and Tan Ze with their troublesome sex life using excerpts from an opera.
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* UnusualEuphemism:
**UnusualEuphemism: Sexual intercourse is constantly referred to as "clouds and rain."
**" Oral sex is referred to as "playing the flute" at one point.
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Averted with Peony who, despite having died a maiden, is able to help Ren and Tan Ze with their troublesome sex life using excerpts from an opera.point.
**
**
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Averted with Peony who, despite having died a maiden, is able to help Ren and Tan Ze with their troublesome sex life using excerpts from an opera.
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In 17th century China, a teenage girl named Peony is nearing her sixteenth birthday. Her birthday happens to fall on [[UsefulNotes/{{Qixi}} Double Seven]], a day on which everyone celebrates the annual reunion of a pair of lovers who were separated by the gods. For the three nights leading up to Double Seven, Peony's father has chosen to stage ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion'', though this is more to foster his political connections and announce Peony's impending marriage than because the opera is Peony's favorite.
Peony is ecstatic to finally see a performance of ''The Peony Pavilion''. The only blight on her happiness is her aforesaid impending marriage. Despite being betrothed since birth, she's never met her fiancé, so she can only imagine him as an old and ugly man. She keeps herself from complaining or worrying, though, for her highly traditionalist mother might keep Peony from attending if she doesn't adhere to their societies strict ideas on how young girls should act. So, Peony keeps her tongue leashed and does her best to act like the perfect daughter.
Peony is ecstatic to finally see a performance of ''The Peony Pavilion''. The only blight on her happiness is her aforesaid impending marriage. Despite being betrothed since birth, she's never met her fiancé, so she can only imagine him as an old and ugly man. She keeps herself from complaining or worrying, though, for her highly traditionalist mother might keep Peony from attending if she doesn't adhere to their societies strict ideas on how young girls should act. So, Peony keeps her tongue leashed and does her best to act like the perfect daughter.
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In 17th century China, a teenage girl named Peony is nearing her sixteenth birthday. Her birthday happens to fall on [[UsefulNotes/{{Qixi}} Double Seven]], a day on which everyone celebrates the annual reunion of a pair of lovers who were separated by the gods. For the three nights leading up to Double Seven, Peony's father has chosen to stage ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion'', though this is more to foster his political connections and announce Peony's impending marriage than because the opera is Peony's favorite.
to celebrate his only child's birthday.
Peony is ecstatic to finally see a performance of''The Peony Pavilion''.her favorite opera. The only blight on her happiness is her aforesaid impending marriage. Despite being betrothed since birth, she's never met her fiancé, so she can only imagine him as an old and ugly man. She keeps herself from complaining or worrying, though, for her highly traditionalist mother might keep Peony from attending if she doesn't adhere to their societies strict ideas on how young girls should act. So, Peony keeps her tongue leashed and does her best to act like the perfect daughter.
Peony is ecstatic to finally see a performance of
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Peony has just turned sixteen and is ready to marry the husband she has been betrothed to by birth, even though she has never once met him. On the outside, she is an obedient daughter content with being locked in her house by her family for her entire life; on the inside, Peony secretly longs for passion, adventure, and an opportunity to see the outside world, much like the heroine of ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion'', an opera which Peony is obsessed with, does.
Then, during a performance of ''The Peony Pavilion'', Peony sees a handsome man, and LoveAtFirstSight ensues.
''Peony In Love'' by Lisa See is a 2007 historical novel that not only explores the effect of ''qing'' and poetry in Chinese society during the reign of the Manchus, but also vividly depicts the realm of the Chinese underworld and ultimately, the many forms of love.
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Peony is
Then, during
Thoughts of propriety fly out the window on the first night when she catches the eye of a handsome
Soon after her birthday passes, Peony takes copies of ''The Peony Pavilion'' her father had given her and begins writing her thoughts and feelings about the play in its margins. Before she knows it, Peony becomes another lovesick maiden, a young girl so obsessed with the opera and its ideas about love that she forgets to eat. By the time tragedy strikes, Peony herself will be the last one to realize what has happened and what she has lost. And yet, her desire to write about the much beloved and controversial play lives on...
''Peony
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''Peony In Love'' by Lisa See is novel that not only explores the effect of ''qing'' and poetry in Chinese society during the reign of the Manchus, but also vividly depicts the realm of the Chinese underworld and ultimately, the many forms of love.
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''Peony In Love'' by Lisa See is a 2007 historical novel that not only explores the effect of ''qing'' and poetry in Chinese society during the reign of the Manchus, but also vividly depicts the realm of the Chinese underworld and ultimately, the many forms of love.
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** Between Peony and Wu Ren.
** A sight unseen PerfectlyArrangedMarriage if [[spoiler:Peony hadn't died]].
** A real PerfectlyArrangedMarriage happens between Wu Ren and Quin Yi. [[spoiler:Peony approves, being the one who arranged it from the afterlife.]]
* [[spoiler: AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Peony, at the end of the book.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Penny moves on to the next stage of her afterlife. She has to leave her beloved Wu Ren behind, but she is confident that they will be reunited when he dies someday.]]
* {{Bookworm}}: Peony, big time. Her father counts as well.
** Wu Ren, a sensitive poet, is also this. Quin Yi also develops a love for reading. Books and writing play a huge role in this novel.
** A sight unseen PerfectlyArrangedMarriage if [[spoiler:Peony hadn't died]].
** A real PerfectlyArrangedMarriage happens between Wu Ren and Quin Yi. [[spoiler:Peony approves, being the one who arranged it from the afterlife.]]
* [[spoiler: AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Peony, at the end of the book.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Penny moves on to the next stage of her afterlife. She has to leave her beloved Wu Ren behind, but she is confident that they will be reunited when he dies someday.]]
* {{Bookworm}}: Peony, big time. Her father counts as well.
** Wu Ren, a sensitive poet, is also this. Quin Yi also develops a love for reading. Books and writing play a huge role in this novel.
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** Between Peony and Wu Ren.
Ren's marriage was arranged between their respective family's practically since Peony's birth.
** Asight unseen PerfectlyArrangedMarriage if [[spoiler:Peony hadn't died]].
** A realPerfectlyArrangedMarriage happens between Wu Ren and Quin Yi. [[spoiler:Peony approves, being the one who arranged it from the afterlife.]]
Yi.
*[[spoiler: AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Peony, at [[spoiler:Once Peony's grave marker finally gets dotted, she's able to move on to the end next stage of the book.afterlife.]]
* BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler: Penny [[spoiler:Penny moves on to the next stage of her afterlife. She has to leave her beloved Wu Ren behind, but she is she's confident that they will be reunited when he dies someday.]]
* {{Bookworm}}: Since books and writing play a huge role in the novel, there are a few characters who have a deep love of literature.
** Peony, big time. Her father counts as well.
** Wu Ren, a sensitive poet, is also this. Quin Yi also develops a love for reading. Books and writing play a huge role in this novel.
** A
** A real
*
* BittersweetEnding:
* {{Bookworm}}: Since books and writing play a huge role in the novel, there are a few characters who have a deep love of literature.
** Peony, big time. Her father counts as well.
** Wu Ren, a sensitive poet, is also this. Quin Yi also develops a love for reading.
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* CoolOldLady: Peony's grandmother.
* DaddysGirl: Peony has a strong bond with her father and is hurt when she discovers that because she's a daughter, and not a son, she's not as valuable to him as she thought.
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Tan Ze. Because of this she's sent to the Blood-Gathering Lake in the afterlife, which is a special hell for women who fail at childbirth. Thankfully averted by Quin Yi, who nearly dies but survives, giving Wu Ren a long-awaited son.]]
* DeathIsASadThing: [[spoiler: Peony's death hits her family and Wu Ren hard. And the afterlife isn't easy on her, enough.]]
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Lisa See's really [[ShownTheirWork shown her work]]. The grotesque manner of footbinding is touted throughout the book as something positive and helpful, as it allows women to make respectable marriages, and seen as a sign of defiance against the Manchus, while the talk of a woman's only duty is to bear sons and serve her husband's family very accurately replicates the attitude of most during China at the time.
** Interestingly enough, this book also manages to convey feminist themes, with the abundance of poetry written by women and the extremely prevalent theme that all women want to be heard and have a voice.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Peony]] almost goes into one after [[spoiler: her mother burns all of her books, including her beloved copy of ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion''. Luckily, finding out the the book with all her commentary survived prevented a HeroicBSOD.]]
* DaddysGirl: Peony has a strong bond with her father and is hurt when she discovers that because she's a daughter, and not a son, she's not as valuable to him as she thought.
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Tan Ze. Because of this she's sent to the Blood-Gathering Lake in the afterlife, which is a special hell for women who fail at childbirth. Thankfully averted by Quin Yi, who nearly dies but survives, giving Wu Ren a long-awaited son.]]
* DeathIsASadThing: [[spoiler: Peony's death hits her family and Wu Ren hard. And the afterlife isn't easy on her, enough.]]
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Lisa See's really [[ShownTheirWork shown her work]]. The grotesque manner of footbinding is touted throughout the book as something positive and helpful, as it allows women to make respectable marriages, and seen as a sign of defiance against the Manchus, while the talk of a woman's only duty is to bear sons and serve her husband's family very accurately replicates the attitude of most during China at the time.
** Interestingly enough, this book also manages to convey feminist themes, with the abundance of poetry written by women and the extremely prevalent theme that all women want to be heard and have a voice.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Peony]] almost goes into one after [[spoiler: her mother burns all of her books, including her beloved copy of ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion''. Luckily, finding out the the book with all her commentary survived prevented a HeroicBSOD.]]
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* DaddysGirl: Peony has a strong bond with her father and is hurt when she discovers
* DeathByChildbirth:
* DeathIsASadThing:
* DeliberateValuesDissonance:
** Interestingly enough, this book also manages to convey feminist themes, with the abundance of poetry written by women and the extremely prevalent theme that all women want to be heard and have a voice.
* DespairEventHorizon:
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* TheDutifulSon: After [[spoiler: Peony dies and her grandmother lifts the fertility curse on the family]], the intelligent and responsible young man her father adopts produces heirs/sons and takes good care of the family's lands, tenants, and surviving members.
** Wu Ren is this to his mother as well.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Wu Ren.
* GreenEyedMonster: Peony [[DrivenToMadness completely loses it]] on Tan Ze and Ren's wedding night. However, she calms down when she realizes that Tan Ze's [[IceQueen coldness]] makes her beloved Wu Ren miserable. She then decides to put all her energy into [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making Ren's marriage successful.]]
* HappilyMarried: Thanks to Peony, Wu Ren finds marital bliss with Quin Yi. His marriage to Tan Ze was only happy in his end, since Peony was forcing Tan Ze through most of her wifely duties (which he was unaware of).
* HenpeckedHusband: Wu Ren becomes this during his first marriage to Tan Ze. She's from a wealthy and snobbish family and complains constantly about the lack of luxury in his house, the conduct of the servants, and the quality of the food. She insults his poetry too and loudly demands money to buy expensive goods for herself. At one point she even begs her parents to buy her back from Wu Ren, but [[EveryoneHasStandards even they are disgusted]] with her bratty and embarrassing behaviour and they give her mother-in-law compensation instead. Wu Ren has to turn to prostitutes for comfort during this marriage before Peony intervenes.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Peony is the most intellectually gifted and emotionally aware girl in her family's home, and she suffers ''hard'' for it.
* JerkAss: Peony's grandfather, to a hideous degree. Penny's grandmother despises him for good reason.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Peony and Wu Ren.
* MostWritersAreWriters: The main character is a poet/critic and so is her LoveInterest.
* TheMourningAfter: Wu Ren when [[spoiler:Peony dies.]]
* NiceGuy: Wu Ren is ''amazingly'' nice. [[spoiler:Quin Yi, his third wife (despite her early death Peony counts as his first, because in their culture a betrothal was essentially as valid as a wedding ceremony) is a NiceGirl.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Chinese beliefs in the afterlife are the basis for most of the story.
* PeoplePuppets: Peony [[spoiler: as a ghost]] does this with Tan Ze to make her a better wife and lover for Ren.
* PluckyGirl: Peony.
* PoorCommunicationKills: A misunderstanding between Peony's parents means that [[spoiler: Peony's ancestor tablet goes undotted, which turns her into a hungry ghost.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: After [[spoiler: Peony dies]] her young cousin Tan Ze is sent to marry Wu Ren.
* ShowWithinAShow: The ''Peony Pavilion'' opera, staged at Peony's family home.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Peony when she first meets Wu Ren.
** Wu Ren is this to his mother as well.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Wu Ren.
* GreenEyedMonster: Peony [[DrivenToMadness completely loses it]] on Tan Ze and Ren's wedding night. However, she calms down when she realizes that Tan Ze's [[IceQueen coldness]] makes her beloved Wu Ren miserable. She then decides to put all her energy into [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making Ren's marriage successful.]]
* HappilyMarried: Thanks to Peony, Wu Ren finds marital bliss with Quin Yi. His marriage to Tan Ze was only happy in his end, since Peony was forcing Tan Ze through most of her wifely duties (which he was unaware of).
* HenpeckedHusband: Wu Ren becomes this during his first marriage to Tan Ze. She's from a wealthy and snobbish family and complains constantly about the lack of luxury in his house, the conduct of the servants, and the quality of the food. She insults his poetry too and loudly demands money to buy expensive goods for herself. At one point she even begs her parents to buy her back from Wu Ren, but [[EveryoneHasStandards even they are disgusted]] with her bratty and embarrassing behaviour and they give her mother-in-law compensation instead. Wu Ren has to turn to prostitutes for comfort during this marriage before Peony intervenes.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Peony is the most intellectually gifted and emotionally aware girl in her family's home, and she suffers ''hard'' for it.
* JerkAss: Peony's grandfather, to a hideous degree. Penny's grandmother despises him for good reason.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Peony and Wu Ren.
* MostWritersAreWriters: The main character is a poet/critic and so is her LoveInterest.
* TheMourningAfter: Wu Ren when [[spoiler:Peony dies.]]
* NiceGuy: Wu Ren is ''amazingly'' nice. [[spoiler:Quin Yi, his third wife (despite her early death Peony counts as his first, because in their culture a betrothal was essentially as valid as a wedding ceremony) is a NiceGirl.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Chinese beliefs in the afterlife are the basis for most of the story.
* PeoplePuppets: Peony [[spoiler: as a ghost]] does this with Tan Ze to make her a better wife and lover for Ren.
* PluckyGirl: Peony.
* PoorCommunicationKills: A misunderstanding between Peony's parents means that [[spoiler: Peony's ancestor tablet goes undotted, which turns her into a hungry ghost.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: After [[spoiler: Peony dies]] her young cousin Tan Ze is sent to marry Wu Ren.
* ShowWithinAShow: The ''Peony Pavilion'' opera, staged at Peony's family home.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Peony when she first meets Wu Ren.
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* TheDutifulSon: After [[spoiler: Peony dies and her grandmother lifts the fertility curse on the family]], family, the intelligent and responsible young man her father adopts produces heirs/sons heirs and takes good care of the family's lands, tenants, and surviving members.members. %%** Wu Ren is this to his mother as well.
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successful]].
* HappilyMarried: Thanks to Peony, Wu Ren finds marital bliss with Quin Yi. His marriage to Tan Ze was only happyin on his end, since Peony was forcing Tan Ze through most of her wifely duties (which (of which he was unaware of).unaware).
* HenpeckedHusband:Wu Ren becomes this during his first marriage to Tan Ze. She's from a wealthy and snobbish family and Ten Ze complains constantly about the lack of luxury in his Wu Ren's house, the conduct of the servants, and the quality of the food. She insults his her husband's poetry too and loudly demands money to buy expensive goods for herself. At one point point, she even begs her parents to buy her back from Wu Ren, but [[EveryoneHasStandards even they are disgusted]] with her bratty and embarrassing behaviour and they behavior. They give her Tan Ze's mother-in-law compensation instead. Wu Ren has to turn to prostitutes for comfort during this marriage before Peony intervenes.
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*PluckyGirl: Peony.
* PoorCommunicationKills: A misunderstanding between Peony's parents means that [[spoiler: Peony's ancestor tablet goes undotted, which turns her intoPeoplePuppets: As a hungry ghost.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: After [[spoiler:ghost, Peony dies]] her young cousin possess Tan Ze is sent to marry make her a better wife and lover for Wu Ren.
%%* PluckyGirl: Peony.
*ShowWithinAShow: The ''Peony Pavilion'' opera, staged at PoorCommunicationKills: A misunderstanding between Peony's family home.parents means that Peony's ancestor tablet goes undotted, which turns her into a hungry ghost.
* ReplacementGoldfish: After Peony dies, her young cousin, Tan Ze, is sent to marry Wu Ren instead.
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* SmittenTeenageGirl: Peony quickly becomes instantly smitten with Wu Ren when she firstmeets Wu Ren.sees him. Her crush on him ends up taking over her thoughts and actions.
* HappilyMarried: Thanks to Peony, Wu Ren finds marital bliss with Quin Yi. His marriage to Tan Ze was only happy
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* SpoiledBrat: Tan Ze.
* SuccessionCrisis: The women in Peony's wealthy family (including the concubines) are unable to produce sons/heirs. However, there's a reason for it. [[spoiler: Peony's dead grandmother cursed her son's family with barrenness as revenge, because he and her husband forced her to die in their place while the Manchu soldiers were hunting them down. She later lifts the curse at Peony's request.]]
* TheLostLenore: A zig-zagged example where the dead, beautiful woman is the main character.[[spoiler: However, Peony is certainly this for Wu Ren, who continuously grieves for her after she dies.]]
* TheOneThatGotAway: Peony and Wu Ren are this ''for each other.''
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Peony gets most of her knowledge of love and sex from ''The Peony Pavilion.''
* SuccessionCrisis: The women in Peony's wealthy family (including the concubines) are unable to produce sons/heirs. However, there's a reason for it. [[spoiler: Peony's dead grandmother cursed her son's family with barrenness as revenge, because he and her husband forced her to die in their place while the Manchu soldiers were hunting them down. She later lifts the curse at Peony's request.]]
* TheLostLenore: A zig-zagged example where the dead, beautiful woman is the main character.[[spoiler: However, Peony is certainly this for Wu Ren, who continuously grieves for her after she dies.]]
* TheOneThatGotAway: Peony and Wu Ren are this ''for each other.''
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* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Averted with Peony who, despite [[spoiler: having died a maiden]] is able to help Ren and Tan Ze with their troublesome sex life using excerpts from an opera.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Tan Ze]] does this to [[spoiler: Peony]] after she controls her body, forcing her to continue her commentary on ''The Peony Pavilion''.
** At one point, oral sex is referred to as "playing the flute."
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* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Averted with Peony who, despite[[spoiler: having died a maiden]] maiden, is able to help Ren and Tan Ze with their troublesome sex life using excerpts from an opera.
* WhatTheHellHero:[[spoiler: Tan [[spoiler:Tan Ze]] does this to [[spoiler: Peony]] calls out [[spoiler:Peony]] after she the latter controls her the former's body, forcing her to continue her commentary on ''The Peony Pavilion''.
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* AgeGapRomance: Wu Ren and Quin Yi. When they marry, he's in his forties and she's in her teens. During this time period this wasn't that strange, and it actually works out brilliantly.
* ArrangedMarriage: Between Peony and Wu Ren.
* AgeGapRomance: Wu Ren and Quin Yi. When they marry, he's in his forties and she's in her teens. During this time period this wasn't that strange, and it actually works out brilliantly.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Wu Ren becomes this during his first marriage to Tan Ze. She's from a wealthy family and complains constantly about the lack of luxury in his house, the conduct of the servants, and the quality of the food. She insults his poetry too and loudly demands money to buy expensive goods for herself. At one point she even begs her parents to buy her back from Wu Ren, but [[EveryoneHasStandards even they are disgusted]] with her bratty and embarrassing behaviour and they give her mother-in-law compensation instead. Wu Ren has to turn to prostitutes for comfort during this marriage before Peony intervenes.
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* TheDutifulSon: After [[spoiler: Peony dies and her grandmother lifts the fertility curse on the family]], the intelligent and responsible young man her father adopts produces heirs/sons and takes good care of the family's lands, tenants, and surviving members.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Wu Ren becomes this during his first marriage to Tan Ze. She's from a wealthy family and complains constantly about the lack of luxury in his house, the conduct of the servants, and the quality of the food. She insults his poetry too and loudly demands money to buy expensive goods for herself. At one point she even begs her parents to buy her back from Wu Ren, but [[EveryoneHasStandards even they are disgusted]] with her bratty and embarrassing behaviour and they give her mother-in-law compensation instead. Wu Ren has to turn to prostitutes for comfort during this marriage.marriage before Peony intervenes.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Peony and Ren.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Lisa See's really [[ShownTheirWork shown her work]]. The grotesque manner of footbinding is touted throughout the book as something positive and helpful, as it allows women to make respectable marriages, and seen as a sign of defiance to the Manchus, while the talk of a woman's only duty is to bear sons and serve her husband's family very accurately replicates the attitude of most during China at the time.
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* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: The entire plot would have been averted if Peony had simply introduced herself to Ren when she first met him.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A misunderstanding between Peony's parents means that [[spoiler: Peony's ancestor tablet goes undotted, which turns her into a hungry ghost.]]
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Peony has just turned sixteen and is ready to marry the husband she has been betrothed to by birth, even though she has never once met him. On the outside, she is an obedient daughter content with being locked in her house by her family for her entire life; on the inside, Peony secretly longs for passion, adventure, and an opportunity to see the outside world, much like the heroine of ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion'', an opera which Peony is obsessed with, does.
Then, during a performance of ''The Peony Pavilion'', Peony sees a handsome man, and LoveAtFirstSight ensues.
''Peony In Love'' by Lisa See is novel that not only explores the effect of ''qing'' and poetry in Chinese society during the reign of the Manchus, but also vividly depicts the realm of the Chinese underworld and ultimately, the many forms of love.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Between Peony and Wu Ren.
** A sight unseen PerfectlyArrangedMarriage if [[spoiler:Peony hadn't died]].
** A real PerfectlyArrangedMarriage happens between Wu Ren and Quin Yi. [[spoiler:Peony approves, being the one who arranged it from the afterlife.]]
* [[spoiler: AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Peony, at the end of the book.]]
* BittersweetEnding
* {{Bookworm}}: Peony, big time. Her father counts as well.
** Wu Ren, a sensitive poet, is also this. Quin Yi also develops a love for reading. Books and writing play a huge role in this novel.
* CharacterTics: Peony's mother is often seen fiddling with her set of house keys, especially when she's nervous or agitated.
* CoolOldLady: Peony's grandmother.
* DaddysGirl: Peony has a strong bond with her father and is hurt when she discovers that because she's a daughter, and not a son, she's not as valuable to him as she thought.
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Tan Ze. Because of this she's sent to the Blood-Gathering Lake in the afterlife, which is a special hell for women who fail at childbirth. Thankfully averted by Quin Yi, who nearly dies but survives, giving Wu Ren a long-awaited son.]]
* DeathIsASadThing
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Lisa See's really [[ShownTheirWork shown her work]]. The grotesque manner of footbinding is touted throughout the book as something positive and helpful, as it allows women to make respectable marriages, and seen as a sign of defiance to the Manchus, while the talk of a woman's only duty is to bear sons and serve her husband's family very accurately replicates the attitude of most during China at the time.
** Interestingly enough, this book also manages to convey feminist themes, with the abundance of poetry written by women and the extremely prevalent theme that all women want to be heard and have a voice.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Peony]] almost goes into one after [[spoiler: her mother burns all of her books, including her beloved copy of ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion''. Luckily, finding out the the book with all her commentary survived prevented a HeroicBSOD.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Peony starves herself to death to avoid her ArrangedMarriage, unknowing that her husband-to-be is actually the man she's in love with.]]
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Wu Ren.
* GreenEyedMonster: Peony [[DrivenToMadness completely loses it]] on Tan Ze and Ren's wedding night. However, she calms down when she realizes that Tan Ze's [[IceQueen coldness]] makes her beloved Wu Ren miserable. She then decides to put all her energy into [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making Ren's marriage successful.]]
* HappilyMarried: Thanks to Peony, Wu Ren finds marital bliss with Quin Yi. His marriage to Tan Ze was only happy in his end, since Peony was forcing Tan Ze through most of her wifely duties (which he was unaware of).
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Peony is the most intellectually gifted and emotionally aware girl in her family's home, and she suffers ''hard'' for it.
* JerkAss: Peony's grandfather.
* MayDecemberRomance: Wu Ren and Quin Yi. When they marry, he's in his forties and she's in her teens. During this time period this wasn't that strange, and it actually works out brilliantly.
* TheMourningAfter: Wu Ren when [[spoiler:Peony dies.]]
* NiceGuy: Wu Ren is ''amazingly'' nice. [[spoiler:Quin Yi, his third wife (despite her early death Peony counts as his first, because in their culture a betrothal was essentially as valid as a wedding ceremony) is a NiceGirl.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* LoveAtFirstSight: Peony and Ren.
* PeoplePuppets: Peony [[spoiler: as a ghost]] does this with Tan Ze to make her a better wife and lover for Ren.
* PluckyGirl: Peony.
* ReplacementGoldfish: After [[spoiler: Peony dies]] her young cousin Tan Ze is sent to marry Wu Ren.
* ShowWithinAShow: The ''Peony Pavilion'' opera, staged at Peony's family home.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Peony when she first meets Wu Ren.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Peony.
* SpoiledBrat: Tan Ze.
* SuccessionCrisis: The women in Peony's wealthy family (including the concubines) are unable to produce sons/heirs. However, there's a reason for it. [[spoiler: Peony's dead grandmother cursed her son's family with barrenness as revenge, because he and her husband forced her to die in their place while the Manchu soldiers were hunting them down. She later lifts the curse at Peony's request.]]
* TheLostLenore: A zig-zagged example where the dead, beautiful woman is the main character.[[spoiler: However, Peony is certainly this for Wu Ren, who continuously grieves for her after she dies.]]
* TheOneThatGotAway: Peony and Wu Ren are this ''for each other.''
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Peony gets most of her knowledge of love and sex from ''The Peony Pavilion.''
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Peony and Wu Ren never physically consummate their relationship.
* UnusualEuphemism: Sexual intercourse is contantly referred to as "clouds and rain."
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Averted with Peony who, despite [[spoiler: having died a maiden]] is able to help Ren and Tan Ze with their troublesome sex life using excerpts from an opera.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Tan Ze]] does this to [[spoiler: Peony]] after she controls her body, forcing her to continue her commentary on ''The Peony Pavilion''.
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Then, during a performance of ''The Peony Pavilion'', Peony sees a handsome man, and LoveAtFirstSight ensues.
''Peony In Love'' by Lisa See is novel that not only explores the effect of ''qing'' and poetry in Chinese society during the reign of the Manchus, but also vividly depicts the realm of the Chinese underworld and ultimately, the many forms of love.
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!!This work provides examples of:
* ArrangedMarriage: Between Peony and Wu Ren.
** A sight unseen PerfectlyArrangedMarriage if [[spoiler:Peony hadn't died]].
** A real PerfectlyArrangedMarriage happens between Wu Ren and Quin Yi. [[spoiler:Peony approves, being the one who arranged it from the afterlife.]]
* [[spoiler: AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Peony, at the end of the book.]]
* BittersweetEnding
* {{Bookworm}}: Peony, big time. Her father counts as well.
** Wu Ren, a sensitive poet, is also this. Quin Yi also develops a love for reading. Books and writing play a huge role in this novel.
* CharacterTics: Peony's mother is often seen fiddling with her set of house keys, especially when she's nervous or agitated.
* CoolOldLady: Peony's grandmother.
* DaddysGirl: Peony has a strong bond with her father and is hurt when she discovers that because she's a daughter, and not a son, she's not as valuable to him as she thought.
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Tan Ze. Because of this she's sent to the Blood-Gathering Lake in the afterlife, which is a special hell for women who fail at childbirth. Thankfully averted by Quin Yi, who nearly dies but survives, giving Wu Ren a long-awaited son.]]
* DeathIsASadThing
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Lisa See's really [[ShownTheirWork shown her work]]. The grotesque manner of footbinding is touted throughout the book as something positive and helpful, as it allows women to make respectable marriages, and seen as a sign of defiance to the Manchus, while the talk of a woman's only duty is to bear sons and serve her husband's family very accurately replicates the attitude of most during China at the time.
** Interestingly enough, this book also manages to convey feminist themes, with the abundance of poetry written by women and the extremely prevalent theme that all women want to be heard and have a voice.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Peony]] almost goes into one after [[spoiler: her mother burns all of her books, including her beloved copy of ''Theatre/ThePeonyPavilion''. Luckily, finding out the the book with all her commentary survived prevented a HeroicBSOD.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Peony starves herself to death to avoid her ArrangedMarriage, unknowing that her husband-to-be is actually the man she's in love with.]]
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Wu Ren.
* GreenEyedMonster: Peony [[DrivenToMadness completely loses it]] on Tan Ze and Ren's wedding night. However, she calms down when she realizes that Tan Ze's [[IceQueen coldness]] makes her beloved Wu Ren miserable. She then decides to put all her energy into [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making Ren's marriage successful.]]
* HappilyMarried: Thanks to Peony, Wu Ren finds marital bliss with Quin Yi. His marriage to Tan Ze was only happy in his end, since Peony was forcing Tan Ze through most of her wifely duties (which he was unaware of).
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Peony is the most intellectually gifted and emotionally aware girl in her family's home, and she suffers ''hard'' for it.
* JerkAss: Peony's grandfather.
* MayDecemberRomance: Wu Ren and Quin Yi. When they marry, he's in his forties and she's in her teens. During this time period this wasn't that strange, and it actually works out brilliantly.
* TheMourningAfter: Wu Ren when [[spoiler:Peony dies.]]
* NiceGuy: Wu Ren is ''amazingly'' nice. [[spoiler:Quin Yi, his third wife (despite her early death Peony counts as his first, because in their culture a betrothal was essentially as valid as a wedding ceremony) is a NiceGirl.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* LoveAtFirstSight: Peony and Ren.
* PeoplePuppets: Peony [[spoiler: as a ghost]] does this with Tan Ze to make her a better wife and lover for Ren.
* PluckyGirl: Peony.
* ReplacementGoldfish: After [[spoiler: Peony dies]] her young cousin Tan Ze is sent to marry Wu Ren.
* ShowWithinAShow: The ''Peony Pavilion'' opera, staged at Peony's family home.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Peony when she first meets Wu Ren.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Peony.
* SpoiledBrat: Tan Ze.
* SuccessionCrisis: The women in Peony's wealthy family (including the concubines) are unable to produce sons/heirs. However, there's a reason for it. [[spoiler: Peony's dead grandmother cursed her son's family with barrenness as revenge, because he and her husband forced her to die in their place while the Manchu soldiers were hunting them down. She later lifts the curse at Peony's request.]]
* TheLostLenore: A zig-zagged example where the dead, beautiful woman is the main character.[[spoiler: However, Peony is certainly this for Wu Ren, who continuously grieves for her after she dies.]]
* TheOneThatGotAway: Peony and Wu Ren are this ''for each other.''
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Peony gets most of her knowledge of love and sex from ''The Peony Pavilion.''
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Peony and Wu Ren never physically consummate their relationship.
* UnusualEuphemism: Sexual intercourse is contantly referred to as "clouds and rain."
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Averted with Peony who, despite [[spoiler: having died a maiden]] is able to help Ren and Tan Ze with their troublesome sex life using excerpts from an opera.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Tan Ze]] does this to [[spoiler: Peony]] after she controls her body, forcing her to continue her commentary on ''The Peony Pavilion''.
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