Qu You
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Qu You(Chinese:Cù hữu;pinyin:Qú Yòu;Wade–Giles:Ch'ü Yu,1341–1427[1]),courtesy nameZongji( tông cát ) and self-nicknamedCunzhai( tồn trai, "Reading Studio of Existence" ), was a Chinese novelist who lived in theMing dynasty,and whose works inspired a new genre fantasy works with political subtext of theQing dynasty.
Born inQiantang( tiền đường, nowHangzhou), Qu You was famous as an adolescent poet. He became a teacher-official ( giáo dụ ) in Lin'an ( lâm an ), then promoted to be the Head of Secretary ( trường sử ) of the Zhou ( chu ) Kingdom. But at the height of his career, he became implicated in a dispute between theHongwu EmperorandZhu Suand was jailed in 1408.[2]
After his release in 1425, he worked as atutorin the household of Lord of Ying State ( anh quốc công ). He was reinstated as an official, but he resigned shortly, never returning to the world of politics again, in action. His works, though entertaining, have undertone that expresses concerns and discontent that he had with the Zhu family and politics of the Ming dynasty.
Works[edit]
- Records by the Trimmed Lamp( tiễn đăng lục,Jiandeng Lu): 40 volumes
- New Stories to Trim the Lamp By( tiễn đăng tân thoại,Jiandeng Xinhua):[1][3]4 volumes
References[edit]
- ^abMcLaren, Anne E (2005).Printing and Book Culture in Late Imperial China.University of California Press. p. 157.ISBN0520231260.Retrieved7 August2022.
- ^Chang, Kang I Sun (2010).The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature: From 1375.Vol. II. Cambridge University Press.ISBN9780521855594.Retrieved7 August2022.
- ^Idema, Wilt; Haft, Lloyd (1997).A Guide to Chinese Literature.University of Michigan Press. p. 163.ISBN0892641231.Retrieved7 August2022.
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