Lü Tiancheng
Lü Tiancheng (Chinese: 呂天成; pinyin: Lǚ Tiānchéng; Wade–Giles: Lü T’ien-ch’eng; 1580–1618) was a Chinese playwright and poet active during the late Ming dynasty.
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| Born | 1580 |
| Died | 1618 (aged 37–38) |
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Career
Lü is widely believed to be the author of the erotic novel Xiuta yeshi (繡榻野史) or The Embroidered Couch, which he reportedly wrote as a teenager.[1] According to his friend and a contemporary drama critic, Wang Jide (王驥德), Lü also wrote another romantic novel titled Xianqing biezhuan (閒情別傳) "for fun".[2] Having adapted several dramas including Romance of the Western Chamber and Story of a White Rabbit, Lü himself was also a drama critic.[3] His seminal 1613 work Qu Pin (曲品) or Opera Studies comprises some ninety biographies of playwrights, alongside commentaries on notable plays from the Yuan dynasty to the Ming dynasty; according to the Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater, Qu Pin is "one of the most influential books on the variety opera, the Southern opera, the legend, and the Kun opera."[4]
References
Bibliography
- Wong, Ka F. (2007). "The Anatomy of Eroticism: Reimagining Sex and Sexuality in the Late Ming Novel". Nan Nü. 9 (2): 284–329. doi:10.1163/138768007X244361.
- Ye, Tan (2013). Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461659211.