Ye Xian
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Ye Xian is a Chinese folk tale heroine often regarded as one of the earliest known versions of the Cinderella story, featuring themes of an oppressed girl aided by magical intervention to achieve justice and transformation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cinderella-type character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ folk tale heroine ⓘ |
| achieves |
justice
ⓘ
social elevation ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ye Xian (Chinese folk tale) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attends | festival ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| earliestTextualSource | Youyang Zazu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestTextualSourceAuthor | Duan Chengshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestTextualSourceLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| familyRole | stepdaughter ⓘ |
| familySituation | orphaned girl ⓘ |
| firstRecordedIn | Duanzhou region tradition (attributed) ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
ⓘ
folk tale ⓘ |
| hasMagicalObject |
beautiful garments
ⓘ
golden shoe ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
magical assistance
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oppression ⓘ recognition by a shoe ⓘ reward for virtue ⓘ social injustice ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| influenced | later Cinderella variants scholarship ⓘ |
| isHelpedBy |
magical fish
ⓘ
supernatural being ⓘ |
| isOppressedBy |
stepmother
ⓘ
stepsister ⓘ |
| isRecognizedBy | shoe ⓘ |
| isRegardedAs |
one of the earliest known Cinderella figures
ⓘ
precursor to the European Cinderella story ⓘ |
| loses | shoe ⓘ |
| marries | king ⓘ |
| moralQuality |
filial piety
ⓘ
kindness ⓘ patience ⓘ |
| mustLeave | festival in haste ⓘ |
| narrativeMotif |
animal helper
ⓘ
magic bones or remains granting wishes ⓘ persecuted heroine ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativeType | rags-to-riches story ⓘ |
| shoeIsFoundBy | king ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
comparative literature
ⓘ
fairy-tale studies ⓘ folklore studies ⓘ |
| timeOfEarliestRecord | 9th century ⓘ |
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