Bai Renfu
{{Short description|Chinese playwright of the Yuan dynasty}}
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Bai Renfu ({{zh|t=白仁甫|p=Bái Rénfǔ|w=Pai Jen-fu or Po Jen-fu}}, c. 1226−1306), also known as Bai Pu ({{zh|t=白朴|p=Bái Pǔ|w=Pai P'u or Po P'u}}), was a Chinese playwright of the Yuan dynasty.
He wrote 16 plays, three of which are extant:
- Over the Wall (裴少俊牆頭馬上 Péi Shǎo Jùn Qiáng Tóu Mǎ Shàng)
- Rain on the Paulownia Tree (唐明皇秋夜梧桐雨 Táng Míng Huáng Qiū Yè Wú Tóng Yǔ) about Emperor Xuanzong and Lady Yang Guifei:
- Romance of the East Wall (董秀英花月東牆記 Dǒng Xiù Yīng Huā Yuè Dōng Qiáng Jì)
Biography
A scion of an important Jin dynasty family, Bai Renfu's grandfather held a post at the powerful Bureau of Military Affairs, and his father was a close friend of the poet Yuan Haowen.Crump, 12 However, the defeat of the Jin dynasty by the Mongol Empire resulted in a major upheaval in social relationships. Nevertheless, Bo Renfu achieved honorary rank and an official position in the Yuan dynasty as Minister of Protocol.Crump, 7
See also
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References
- Crump, J. I. (1990). Chinese Theater in the Days of Kublai Khan. (Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies The University of Michigan) {{ISBN|0-89264-093-6}}.
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Category:Yuan dynasty dramatists and playwrights
Category:13th-century Chinese poets
Category:14th-century Chinese poets
Category:14th-century Chinese dramatists and playwrights
Category:13th-century Chinese dramatists and playwrights
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