霍小玉传

《霍小玉传》，唐人传奇名篇之一，蒋防著。

本事

《霍小玉传》剧情是陇西书生李益与歌妓霍小玉相恋，后来李益进士获官，授郑县主簿，赴任前与小玉发誓偕老，“皎日之誓，死生以之”、“但端居相待至八月，必当却到华州，寻使奉迎，相见非远”。但归家后立即变心从母命，贪图功名荣华，另娶凤阁侍郎卢志之女。某侠黄衫客激于义愤，乃挟持李益往小玉家称罪。小玉得知事实，悲愤而死。死后化作厉鬼，使李益夫妻不和。

明代兰溪学者胡应麟评《霍小玉传》：“唐人小说记闺阁事，绰有情致。此篇尤为唐人最精彩动人之传奇，故传诵弗衰。”（《少室山房笔丛》）

改编

明代剧作家汤显祖根据霍小玉传，先改编成昆剧紫箫记，后又改为紫钗记，把结局改为李益与霍小玉有情人终成眷属。

1956年，唐涤生根据汤显祖的紫钗记，改编为粤剧紫钗记。

2012年中国大陆小马奔腾、文化中国及合禾影视，根据明代戏曲家汤显祖的经典名著紫钗记，改编成电视剧紫钗奇缘。

2025年七月, 歌手张云雷发行《紫钗缘》，是以紫钗记为发想的音乐创作，由齐修远作曲 ，李星彤编曲，刘俊坚制作，网易云独家发行。

"The Tale of Huo Xiaoyu" (traditional Chinese: 霍小玉傳; simplified Chinese: 霍小玉传; pinyin: Huò Xiǎoyù zhuàn), also translated as "The Story of Huo Xiaoyu", is a chuanqi tale written by Jiang Fang (蔣防; 792–835) during the Tang dynasty.

The protagonist of the story is a Gējì named Huo Xiaoyu, who falls madly in love with a handsome young poet named Li Yi. While Li Yi was indeed a famous poet during Jiang Fang's lifetime, Huo Xiaoyu herself is a fictional character. There is also no evidence that Jiang Fang personally knew of Li Yi, or that the story is based on an actual account. The tale was famously adapted into a play by Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu as Zichai ji (The Story of the Purple Jade Pin or The Purple Hairpin).

Adaptations

Tang Xianzu

Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu, drawing on the The Tale of Huo Xiaoyu, first adapted the story into the Kunqu drama The Tale of the Purple Flute (紫簫記). He later reworked it into The Legend of Purple Hairpin (Chinese: 紫釵記; Pinyin: Zǐ chāi jì; Jyutping: zi2 caai1 gei3), revising the original tragic ending so that Li Yi and Huo Xiaoyu are finally reunited as lovers and become husband and wife.

Tong Tik‑sang

In 1956, Cantonese opera playwright Tong Tik‑sang adapted Tang Xianzu’s Ming‑dynasty drama The Purple Hairpin into a Cantonese opera of the same title, which premiered the following year at Hong Kong’s Lee Theatre.

Love In The Purple

Love In The Purple (紫釵奇緣) is a 2013 Chinese television drama series that was adapted from Tang Xianzu's The Legend of Purple Hairpin. While the TV series preserves the core premise of a romance sparked by a dropped purple hairpin, it introduces massive structural overhauls, palace politics, and completely alters the character dynamics to fit a modern television format.