Wang Shifu
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Wang ShifuWang Shifu was a successful Chinese
dramatic playwright of the Yuan Dynasty
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Born in Dadu
, there is little known about him. There are 14 plays attributed to Wang and only three are extant. His Romance of the West Chamber
(xi xiang ji) is considered to be one of the most famous Chinese plays and is still popular today. It is an amplified zaju (杂剧), a then popular theatrical form.
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dramatic playwright of the Yuan Dynasty
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was a ruling dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, who ruled most of present-day China, all of modern Mongolia and its surrounding areas, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368. It is considered both as a division of the Mongol Empire and as an...
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Born in Dadu
Khanbaliq
Khanbaliq or Dadu refers to a city which is now Beijing, the current capital of the People's Republic of China...
, there is little known about him. There are 14 plays attributed to Wang and only three are extant. His Romance of the West Chamber
Romance of the West Chamber
thumb|250px|A scene from a multi-colored woodblock printing album depicting scenes from the play,Romance of the West Chamber is one of the most famous Chinese dramatic works. It was written by the Yuan Dynasty playwright Wang Shifu 王實甫, and set during the Tang Dynasty...
(xi xiang ji) is considered to be one of the most famous Chinese plays and is still popular today. It is an amplified zaju (杂剧), a then popular theatrical form.