Kong Shangren
Kong Shangren is known as the author of a curious poem dedicated to the eyeglasses, a Western innovation brought to Macau by the Portuguese.
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Kong Shangren
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- Name
- Kong Shangren
- Born
- 1648
- Birthplace
- Qufu, Shandong, Qing Dynasty
- Died
- 1718
- Nationality
- Qing dynasty
- Occupation
- poet · playwright
- Fields
- drama · poetry
- Languages
- Chinese
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• Name — Kong Shangren • Born — 1648 • Birthplace — Qufu, Shandong, Qing Dynasty • Died — 1718 • Notable Works — The Peach Blossom Fan Kong Shangren (1648–1718) was a Qing dynasty dramatist and poet best known for his chuanqi play The Peach Blossom Fan about the last days of the Ming dynasty. • Illustration — Kong Shangren tomb in the Cemetery of Confucius, Qufu Born in Qufu, Kong was a 64th-generation descendant of Confucius. He guided the Kangxi Emperor when he visited Qufu. The Peach Blossom Fan tells the story of the love story between the scholar Hou Fangyu and the courtesan Li Xiangjun, against the dramatic backdrop of the short history of the Southern Ming. It remains a favourite of the Kun opera (kunqu) stage. Kong Shangren is known as the author of a curious poem dedicated to the eyeglasses, a Western innovation brought to Macau by the Portuguese.
1962-03 1962年 桃花扇 李香君 郑振瑶扮演
《人民画报》 · 《人民画报》1962年3期
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- 1."Frommer's China", Simon Foster et al., 2010, p. 383,
- 2.answers.com. Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance: Kong Shangren.
- 3.河南发现秦淮名妓李香君后人忍辱负重求生存.
- 4.Spence, The Search for Modern China, 64–65.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Owen, Stephen, "Kong Shang-ren, Peach Blossom Fan: Selected Acts," in Stephen Owen, ed. An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997. p. 942-972 ( (Archive).
- Strassberg, Richard, The World of K'ung Shang-jen: A Man of Letters in Early Ch'ing China. New York: Columbia University Press, 1983.
- K'ung Shang-jên.
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