Bai Xingjian
Bai • Illustration — Statues of Bai Xingjian, Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen in Yichang, Hubei, China. Bai Xingjian (776–826) was a Chinese novelist, poet, and short story writer. He was a younger brother of the famed poet Bai Juyi.
Also recorded as Bai Ershisan · Alian · Zhitui · Po Hsing-chien
Bai Xingjian
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- Born
- 776.
- Died
- 826.
- Nationality
- Tang dynasty.
- Occupation
- poet.
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One of his most famous works is the novella The Tale of Li Wa. It has been translated into English many times: • by Arthur Waley in More Translations from the Chinese (1919) — as "The Story of Miss Li". • by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang in The Dragon King's Daughter: Ten T'ang Dynasty Stories (1962) — as "Story of a Singsong Girl". • by Glen Dudbridge in The Tale of Li Wa: Study and Critical Edition of a Chinese Story from the Ninth Century (1983). It was also translated into many other languages, for example German by Franz Kuhn and French by André Lévy. He is also believed to have written the poem "Tiandi yinyang jiaohuan dalefu".
The authorities additionally record the headings Bai Ershisan, Alian, Zhitui and Po Hsing-chien. He was the child of Bai Jigeng. One child is recorded: Bai Weidao.
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776
Bai Xingjian born.
826
Bai Xingjian died.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1056138327, Bai, Xingjian.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 171963342, Bai, Xingjian.
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The commentary and studies on Bai Xingjian's Lüfu = Bai Xingjian lü fu zhu shi yu yan jiu
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- 1.Allen, Sarah M. Shifting Stories: History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China. BRILL. 31–33; 148. 2020-10-26. 978-1-68417-079-1.
- 2.Cullen, Christopher. Medieval Chinese Medicine: The Dunhuang Medical Manuscripts. 252–277. 2004. 9781134291311.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Zhongguo gudian xiaoshuo yanjiu zilao (T: 中國古典小說研究資料), ed., Bo Xingjian yu "Li Wa zhuan" (T: 白行簡與李娃傳). Taipei: Tianyi chubanshe, 1982.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1056138327, Bai, Xingjian.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Those registers additionally record the forms Bo, Xingjian, Pai, Chih-t'ui, Bai, Tuizhi, 白行简, 白知退, Po, Hsing-chien, Pai, Hsing-chien and Bai, Zhitui.
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