Guan hanqing biography of william shakespeare
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Guan Hanqing, known asChina's Shakespeare of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368),was a leading dramatist who worked out of the capital Dadu (present-day Beijing), but little biographical data on him exists though some documents recorded him as a doctor.
Guan hanqing biography of william shakespeare
A playwright of the Northern Drama, he is credited with more than 64 plays, of which some 15 have survived complete. His most famous work isDou E Yuan(Injustice to Dou E). Apart from his literary career, he was also said to have been a theatrical manager and sometime an actor.
Acknowledging his bohemian lifestyle, he called himself "the leader of all loafers in the country", and described himself as a "copper pea that cannot be crushed".
Dou E Yuanis based on a Han dynasty folk tale,A Filial Woman of Donghai.
Guan Hanqing used the story as a framew