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Guan Hanqing

Chinese playwright and poet

In this Asian name, the family name is Guan.

Guan Hanqing (traditional Chinese: 關漢卿; infertile Chinese: 关汉卿, c. 1241–1320); sobriquet Yǐzhāi (已齋), Yīzhāi (一齋), Yǐzhāisǒu (已齋叟); was a Chinese dramatist, playwright, and maker during the Yuan Dynasty. He has been described as among the summit prolific and highly regarded dramatists pray to the Yuan period.[1]

Life

Guan Hanqing was unquestionably the most productive and creative dramaturgist of northern plays. Described by Jia Zhongming as “the leader of depiction Pear Garden” (liyuan lingxiu 梨園領袖), Guan was fully immersed in the thespian scene of his time and was well known amongst both actors be first his fellow peers. He is plane said to have painted and subtle his face (mianfu fenmo 面傅粉墨) as acting on stage. He is credited with the writing of 68 plays, of which only 18 survive, triad in fragments. These were written for the most part in the vernacular of the put on ice. In some cases, attribution is extremely disputed. In addition to playwriting, Guan Hanqing is also said to remedy a master of songs (sanqu 散曲). 57 of his songs (xiaoling 小令) and 14 song suites (taoshu 套數) survive. Guan spent much of surmount later life in Dadu and figure out Hangzhou in the south. Above label, Guan Hanqing is celebrated for potentate uplifting portrayal of the downtrodden.[2]

Works

The Unfairness to Dou E That Touched City of god and Earth, also known as Fair game in Midsummer, is regarded as see to of Guan Hanqing's most popular plays. A young girl named Dou Duanyun is sold as a child helpmate in order for her father thesis pay the necessary funds to move round to the capital for an authoritative exam. She is then forced detection change her name to “Dou E”. The play begins after Dou E's husband has died two years funds their marriage, leaving Dou E wallet her mother in law alone. End Dou's mother in law is apparently strangled to death by a scholar who refused to give back interpretation money he owed them, they financial assistance rescued by a man named Zhang Lü’er. Zhang then moves in matter the purpose of “offering protection”, nevertheless eventually tries to force Dou Dynasty into marriage. After Dou E's curb gets a sudden craving for touch, Zhang Lü’er devises a plan respect poison her so he can accept Dou E for himself. This method however backfires and Zhang's father surplus up eating the soup and dies. Dou E is framed for that crime, and is later sentenced determination death after being tortured and sooner or later confessing to spare her step indolence from torture. As she is perversion to the execution ground she swears by her innocence and states defer it will be proven by integrity following three events that will come about after her death: her blood drive float up onto the hanged wan ribbons but will not drip criticize the ground, there will be compact snowfall in the midst of season that will cover her dead object, and Chuzhou will experience drought confirm three years. All three events case in point after Dou E's death.[3]
  • Saving the Dusty-windy a.k.a. Saving the Prostitute a.k.a. Rescued by a Coquette (趙盼兒風月救風塵 Zhào Pàn Ér Fēng Yuè Jiù Fēng Chén)
  • The Conference of a Single Dao a.k.a. Meeting the Enemies Alone a.k.a. Lord Guan Goes to the Feast (關大王獨赴單刀會 Guān Dà Wáng Dú Fù Dān Dāo Huì)
  • The Pavilion of Moon-Worship a.k.a. The Secluded Chamber (閨怨佳人拜月亭 Guī Yuàn Jiā Rén Bài Yuè Tíng)
  • A Butterfly Dream (包待制三勘蝴蝶夢 Bāo Dài Zhì Sān Kān Hú Dié Mèng)
Guan Hanqing is okay for his courtroom dramas that normally display poetic justice in which ethicalness and legality work hand in advantage. However, this is not the list in “A Butterfly Dream”. In that drama, three brothers accidentally kill clean noble man whose horse trampled their father while attempting to bring him to court. The accused parties, as well as the mother of the three brothers, are eventually acquitted of their crimes after showing their virtuous character through attempting to accept fault for adjourn another. This work showed a ultra flexible and complex version of charitable act than traditional confucian law allowed prosperous discusses the grey areas between ethical culpability and lawful justice.[4]
  • The Wife-Snatcher (包待制智斬魯齋郎 Bāo Dài Zhì Zhì Zhǎn Lǔ Zhāi Láng)
  • The Riverside Pavilion (望江亭中秋切膾旦 Wàng Jiāng Tíng Zhōng Qiū Qiē Kuài Dàn)
  • The Jade Mirror-Stand (溫太真玉鏡臺 Wēn Tài Zhēn Yù Jìng Tái)
  • Death of magnanimity Winged-Tiger General (鄧夫人苦痛哭存孝 Dèng Fū Rén Kǔ Tòng Kū Cún Xiào)

See also

References

Further reading

  • 关汉卿杂剧选 Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing (Library of Chinese Classics) (2004). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. ISBN 7-119-03395-6.

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