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Qu You (Zongji)

Early Ming Dynasty writer (1341–1427 CE), authored the renowned supernatural romance collection 'New Tales Told by the Trimmed Lamp' (Jiandeng Xinhua).

Also known as Qu Zongji · Cunzhai

Qu You (1341–1427 CE), style name Zongji, was an early Ming literary innovator. His masterpiece anthology 'New Tales Told by the Trimmed Lamp' (Jiandeng Xinhua) revitalized classical Chinese fiction, exerting a profound cross-cultural influence across East Asia, directly inspiring seminal Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese literary traditions.

Life and times

  1. 1341BornYuanMing
  2. 1427 CEDied

Works

  1. Literature · Fiction7
    1. New Tales Told by LamplightMingQu You's early Ming tales of love between the living and the dead, imitated across East Asia
    2. New Tales Told by Lamplight: The Peony LanternMing
    3. New Tales Told by Lamplight: Juan 1Ming
    4. New Tales Told by Lamplight: Juan 2Ming
    5. New Tales Told by Lamplight: Juan 3Ming
    6. +2 more
      1. New Tales Told by Lamplight: Juan 4Ming
      2. New Tales Told by Lamplight: AppendixMing