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Teng Yu-hsien
Teng Yu-hsien (, Hakka: Then Yí-hièn; 21 July 1906 – 11 June 1944) was a Taiwanese Hakka people, Hakka musician. He is noted for composing many well-known Hokkien songs. Teng gave himself a Japanese-style pen-name as Karasaki Yau and a formal name called Higashida Gyōu . Teng is regarded as the Father of Taiwanese folk songs. Biography Teng Yu-hsien was born in Ryūtan, Tōshien Chō (modern-day Longtan District, Taoyuan, Longtan, Taoyuan City, Taoyuan) of Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese-ruled Taiwan. He migrated to Daitotei (Twatutia) with his family when he was three years old. In 1914, Teng joined Bangka Public School (艋舺公學校). He graduated in 1920, and subsequently entered the Taihoku Normal School (modern-day National Taipei University of Education). In 1925, Teng graduated and became a teacher of the Nishin Public School (日新公學校). After he married Chung You-mei (鍾有妹) in 1926, he departed from his teaching job and went to Japan to ...
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Deng (Chinese Surname)
Deng is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin which has many variant spellings and transliterations. It is a transcription of wikt:邓, 邓 (simplified Chinese character) or wikt:鄧, 鄧 (Traditional Chinese character, traditional). In 2019 Deng was 21st most common surname in Mainland China. Variant spellings It is transliterated as ''Dèng'' in pinyin and Teng, or Then, in Wade-Giles. In Cantonese, it is ''Dahng'' in Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale and ''Dang6'' in Jyutping. In Southern Min, Minnan or Taiwanese Minnan, Taiwanese, it is ''Tēng'' in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The surname originating from the same Chinese character or more specifically, Han character in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese is ''Đặng'' and it is one of the top ten surnames in Vietnam. The name is transliterated as ''Deung'' in Korean language, Korean but is very rare in Korea. Deng is one of the surnames of the Nanyang, Henan, Nanyang, Henan Chinese clan#Tang hao, ancestral hall (). In addition to spell ...
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"The Torment of a Flower" (), also known as "Rainy Night Flower", is a 1934 Taiwanese Hokkien song composed by Teng Yu-hsien and written by Chou Tien-wang (). About Taiwanese writer Liau Han-sin () wrote the lyrics of a children's song "Spring" () and gave it to Teng Yu-hsien, asking him to compose for it. This was the earliest version of "The Torment of a Flower". Although Teng is a Hakka, he usually composed with Taiwanese Hokkien and not Hakka. Some scholars have questioned this story about children's songs. In 1934, while Chou Tien-wang () was working at record company Taiwan Columbia (), he once went to a nightclub and heard a sad story about a girl who worked there. Chou was touched, and he decided to rewrite the lyrics of "Spring", wrote the story into Teng's music, that is "The Torment of a Flower". It is the first collaborative work between Teng and Chou. Especially, there was usually three part lyrics in Taiwanese Hokkien songs then, but there are four parts in " ...
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