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Zhang Kejiu
Supreme Master and Culminating Figure of Yuan Dynasty Sanqu Lyrics
Mural guide
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Zhang Xiaoshan · Xiaoshan · Xiaoshan Sanqu · Yuan Sanqu Jidachengzhe
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Supreme lyricist of Yuan Sanqu poetry with over 800 surviving pieces in Xiaoshan Yuefu, establishing the refined and elegant school of classical song poetry.
Life and times
Dates c. 1270 - c. 1348
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