Yuan Zhen - Wikipedia
WEBYuan Zhen (Chinese: 元稹; Wade–Giles: Yüan Chen; 779 – September 2, 831 [1]), courtesy name Weizhi (微之), was a Chinese novelist, poet, and politician of the middle Tang dynasty.
Yuan Zhen | Tang Dynasty, Poetry, Novels | Britannica
WEBYuan Zhen (born 779, Luoyang, Henan province, China—died 831, Wuchang, Hubei province) was a key literary figure of the middle Tang dynasty of China, influential in the guwen (“ancient-style prose”) revival, which employed the styles of the early classical Chinese writers.
Yingying's Biography - Wikipedia
WEBYuan Zhen pioneered psychological exploration and possibilities of plot development. His tale mixed narration, poetry and letters from one character to another to demonstrate emotion rather than describe it, making it in one sense an epistolary novel.
WEB(R. Eno) The Story of Yingying. This short tale is one of the most famous romances in Chinese literary history. It was written by the late Tang writer Yuan Zhen (779-831), and some think it may be an autobiographical account, though Yuan himself appears towards the end of the tale as a friend of the protagonist, Scholar Zhang.
WEBBut unlike other writers of his era, Yuan Zhen attempted to integrate his romantic poems into his corpus by defending them as didactic pieces-poems that could stimulate moral reform by their negative example. This article examines the specific literary and historical contexts for Yuan Zhen's unusual defense of romantic verse. It argues
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WEBAbout the author: Yuan Zhen ( 779-831) was a politician and writer of the middle of Tang Dynasty (618-907). He was considered one of the " New Yuefu " poets, who used poetry as a form of expression and subtle protest, but one potentially subtle enough to avoid the likely repercussions of more direct criticism.
Musing on Chinese Literature, and Yuan Zhen’s “Grief of Separation”
WEBDec 27, 2020 — While recently re-reading Mo Xiang Tong Xiu’s Heaven Official’s Blessing, I re-discovered this poem by this guy Yuan Zhen, called “Grief of Separation” (translated into English on https://hellochinese.poetry.blog/2018/12/09/%e7%a6%bb%e6%80%9dgrief-of-separtation/) and think it’s really beautiful, not only in the context of the novel ...
Yuan Zhen Biography - Pantheon
WEBYuan Zhen (Chinese: 元稹; Wade–Giles: Yüan Chen; 779 – September 2, 831), courtesy name Weizhi (微之), was a Chinese novelist, poet, and politician of the middle Tang dynasty. In prose literature, Yuan Zhen is particularly known for his work Yingying's Biography, which has often been adapted for other treatments, including operatic and ...
Poetry of Yuan Zhen - Yuan Zhen Poems - Chinese Poetry
WEBYuan Zhen (Chinese: 元稹; Wade–Giles: Yüan Chen; 779 – September 2, 831), courtesy name Weizhi (微之), was a Chinese novelist, poet, and politician of the middle Tang Dynasty.
A Study of Yuan Zhen's Life and Verse 809-810 - Google Books
WEBA Study of Yuan Zhen's Life and Verse 809-810: Two Years that Shaped His Politics and Prosody. Mei Ah Tan. University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2008 - 346 pages. From inside the book. Contents....