Chen Shimei and Qin Xianglian
![An illustration from a 1594 copy of the novel ''Legal Cases of A Hundred Families Judged by Dragon-Design Bao'' (包龍圖判百家公案) depicting Chen Shimei in a banquet listening to his abandoned wife Lady Qin disguised as a [[pipa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Chenshimei.jpg)
Chen Shimei is a Chinese opera character and a byword in China for a heartless and unfaithful man. He was married to Qin Xianglian, also translated as Fragrant Lotus. Chen Shimei betrayed Qin Xianglian by marrying another woman, and tried to kill her to cover up his past. This fictional couple are also popular in legends. Provided by Wikipedia
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