TALE OF CH’UNYANG

 Chunhyang, Sung (Spring Fragrance) is the main female character, kisaeng Wolmae's

daughter. She is very beautiful and also talented in poetry and arts. She fell in love with
Mongryong.
 Mongyong, Yi is the main male character who is the son of a government official
(Magistrate). He is an intelligent and handsome man. He fell in love with Chunhyang at first
sight.
 HyangDan is Chunhyang's servant. She is devoted to Chunhyang.
 PangJa is Mongyong's male servant.
 Wolmae (Moon Plum) is Chunhyang's mother and used to be a kisaeng.
 Pyon is the replacement official of Mongyong's father.

Yi Mongryong, who always studies hard, goes out to get some fresh air. He sees
Chunhyang on a swing and he falls in love with her at first sight. He orders his servant,
PangJa, to ask Chunhyang to come to him but she refuses. Yi Mongryong then goes to
talk to Chunhyang's mother, Wolmae, to ask permission to marry Chunhyang; Wolmae
gives her permission and the two young people marry that day.
Yi Mongryong's father, a government official, has to move to another region,
Hanyang (Seoul now) so Yi Mongryong has to leave Chunhyang to follow his father.
Chunhyang gives Yi Mongryong a ring as a token of her love for him and promises to
stay faithful to him and wait for him to come back in the future and take her to Seoul.
After he leaves, a replacement for Mongryong's father comes to Chunhyang's village.
The new replacement is Pyon, a greedy and selfish person- he always wastes his time
partying with courtesans. Chunhyang, renowned for her beauty, is forced to come to his
party. Although Chunhyang is not a courtesan, Pyon treats her like one because her
mother is a courtesan. He compels her to sleep with him, but Chunhyang keeps
refusing because she is married. Pyon gets angry and imprisons her. He decides to
punish her on his birthday.
Yi Mongryong wins first place in a state examination and he becomes a secret
royal inspector, or Amhaeng-eosa, who investigates and prosecutes corrupt
government officials as an undercover emissary of the king. Under disguise, he comes
to Chunhyang's village and finds out what has happened to Chunhyang and the
misbehavior of Pyon. He must conceal his real identity so he acts like an insane person
and wears mendicant clothes. Despite his mendicancy, Chunhyang still loves him and
asks her mother to take good care of him.
At Pyon's birthday celebration, Yi Mongryong comes in and makes a satirical
poem about the misbehavior of Pyon, but he does not understand the poem. Yi
Mongryong discloses his real position and punishes the lord. At first, Chunhyang cannot
recognize Yi Mongryong and he tests her faith by asking her to spend a night with him.
Chunhyang, who still cannot recognize him, refuses him as well. Deeply moved by her
faithfulness, Yi Mongryong orders a courtesan to show her the ring Chunhyang gave
him. She is shocked that he is Yi Mongryong and they live happily ever after.