Guan hanqing biography of william shakespeare

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

Guan hanqing biography of william shakespeare

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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.

Guan Hanqing led a dissolute life, spending much time in places of low entertainment, yet he emerged as perhaps China's greatest playwright.

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