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Hong Sheng

Qing playwright from Qiantang, author of The Palace of Eternal Youth, paired with Kong Shangren

Also known as Hong Fangsi · Fangsi · Baiqi · Master Baiqi · Baiqi Qiaoke

Hong Sheng, courtesy name Fangsi and sobriquet Baiqi, from Qiantang, was born in 1645, a Qing playwright and poet. His chuanqi play The Palace of Eternal Youth tells of Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei against the An Lushan rebellion; by his account it took over ten years and three drafts, and was finished in 1688. He is paired with Kong Shangren as South Hong and North Kong. In 1689 he was impeached after the play was staged during mourning for an empress, and lost his Imperial Academy place. In 1704 he fell drunk from a boat at Huzhou and drowned.

Life and times

  1. 1645BornQing
  2. 1704Died

Works

  1. Literature · Drama53
    1. The Palace of Eternal YouthQingHong Sheng's early Qing chuanqi of Xuanzong and Yang Guifei, love entwined with the rebellion
    2. The Palace of Eternal Youth: The Ballad SingerQing
    3. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Volume 1 (Scenes 1-25)Qing
    4. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Volume 2 (Scenes 26-50)Qing
    5. The Palace of Eternal Youth: PrologueQing
    6. +25 more
      1. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Pledging LoveQing
      2. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Bribing the MinisterQing
      3. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Spring SlumberQing
      4. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Spring OutingQing
      5. The Palace of Eternal Youth: RumoursQing
      6. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Imperial FavourQing
      7. The Palace of Eternal Youth: The Offering of HairQing
      8. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Recalled to FavourQing
      9. The Palace of Eternal Youth: A Suspected OmenQing
      10. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Hearing Celestial MusicQing
      11. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Composing the ScoreQing
      12. The Palace of Eternal Youth: The Ministers QuarrelQing
      13. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Stealing the TuneQing
      14. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Bringing the LycheesQing
      15. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Dance on the Jade TrayQing
      16. The Palace of Eternal Youth: The Great HuntQing
      17. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Night GrievanceQing
      18. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Scene in the PavilionQing
      19. The Palace of Eternal Youth: The Spy's ReportQing
      20. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Watching the BathQing
      21. The Palace of Eternal Youth: The Secret VowQing
      22. The Palace of Eternal Youth: The Fall of Tong PassQing
      23. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Alarm at the BanquetQing
      24. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Burial of the JadeQing
      25. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Offering a MealQing
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  2. Stage · Plays1
    1. The Palace of Eternal Life1688 (completed in the 27th year of Kangxi)Hong Sheng's chuanqi of fifty scenes, drawn from the Song of Everlasting Regret and Rain on the Paulownia Tree