The Peony Pavilion, also known as The Resurrection of the Soul, is the work of Tang Xianzu, a writer. This famous literary work depicts the pictures of Du Liniang having classes in her old school, having a tryst in her dream, painting herself, and leaving with Liu Mengmei after the resurrection, which are very classic.
Which dynasty was Tang Xianzu from
Tang Xianzu (1550-1616) was a dramatist and litterateur in the Ming Dynasty. The meaning of the words is still the same, and the names are Hai Ruo, Ruoshi, and Qingyuan Taoist. Han nationality, from Linchuan, Jiangxi. In 1583 AD (the 11th year of Wanli's reign), he served as the doctor of Taichang Temple and the head of the Ritual Department. Due to the impeachment of Shen Shixing, he was demoted to Xu Wen's official history. Later, he was transferred to the county magistrate of Suichang, Zhejiang Province. He was removed from office because he did not attach importance to dignitaries and did not become an official again.
He studied from Luo Rufang and was influenced by Li Zhi's thought. In terms of opera creation, it opposes archaizing and sticking to the rules. There are legends such as Peony Pavilion, Handan, Nanke and Purple Hairpin, collectively called Four Dreams of Yuming Hall, and Peony Pavilion is the most famous. In the history of drama, it is as famous as Guan Hanqing and Wang Shifu, and plays an important role in the history of Chinese and even world literature.
Tang Xianzu and Wang Shifu
Both of them are great people in their respective fields. They live in different times and fields and cannot be judged.
Wang Shifu is a famous dramatist in the Yuan Dynasty, as famous as Guan Hanqing, Bai Pu and Ma Zhiyuan. His works comprehensively inherit the exquisite language art of Tang poetry and Song poetry, absorb the lively oral language of the Yuan people, create brilliant words of Yuan Opera, and become an outstanding representative of "Wencai School" in the history of Chinese opera. He has written fourteen kinds of zaju, among which there are three extant ones, namely, West Chamber Story, Lichun Hall, and Cave Breaking Story.
Tang Xianzu was a dramatist and litterateur in the Ming Dynasty, with many achievements, among which opera creation was the most important. His dramatic works Resurrection, Purple Hairpin, Nanke and Handan are collectively called "Four Dreams in Linchuan", of which Resurrection (Peony Pavilion) is his representative work. He is also an outstanding poet. His poems include four volumes of Complete Works of Yumingtang, one volume of Red Spring Yicao, and two volumes of Ask Ji You Cao.
What is Tang Xianzu's life story
Tang Xianzu (September 24, 1550 to July 29, 1616), a native of Linchuan, Jiangxi Province, with the same meaning and the titles of Hai Ruo, Ruoshi, and Qingyuan Taoist, was a Chinese dramatist and litterateur in the Ming Dynasty. His ancestral home is Yunshan Township, Linchuan County, and later he moved to Tangjiashan (today's Fuzhou City).
He was born in a scholarly family and has long been famous for his talents. He is not only good at ancient Chinese poetry, but also good at astronomy, geography, medicine and divination. In the 11th year of Wanli's reign (1583), he became a scholar and served as doctor of Taichang Temple, director of Zhanshi Mansion and chief priest of Libu Temple in Nanjing.
In the 19th year of Wanli's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1591), he witnessed the bureaucrats' corruption and indignation at that time, and went to The Book of Commentary on Assistant Officials and Officials, which angered the emperor and was demoted to the history of Xu Wen's classics. Later, he was transferred to the magistrate of Suichang, Zhejiang Province. After five years of service, he made outstanding achievements, but he was criticized by his superiors and opposed by local forces because he suppressed the power and angered the dignitaries. Finally, in the 26th year of Wanli's reign (1598), he abandoned the official and returned home angrily.
During his stay at home, on the one hand, he hoped that there would be a day of "reporting and knowing", on the other hand, he hoped that "the imperial court will have powerful officials, and there will be no officials who are hungry tigers in the county, and it will be enough to add a volume of poetry every year to chant about peace". Later, he gradually gave up the idea of being an official and devoted himself to drama and poetry creation.
