Bai Renfu (, c. 1226−1306), also known as Bai Pu (), was a renowned Chinese playwright of the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...

. He wrote 16 plays, three of which are extant: * ''Over the Wall'' (裴少俊牆頭馬上 ''Péi Shǎo Jùn Qiáng Tóu Mǎ Shàng'') * ''Rain on the

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Tree'' (唐明皇秋夜梧桐雨 ''Táng Míng Huáng Qiū Yè Wú Tóng Yǔ'') about Emperor Xuanzong and Lady

Yang Guifei Yang Yuhuan (; 26 June, 719 – 15 July 756Volume 218 of ''Zizhi Tongjian'' recorded that Yang was killed on the ''bingshen'' day of the 6th month of the 1st year of the Zhide era of Tang Suzong's reign. This date corresponds to 15 Jul 756 on t ...

: * ''Romance of the East Wall'' (董秀英花月東牆記 ''Dǒng Xiù Yīng Huā Yuè Dōng Qiáng Jì'')

Biography

A scion of an important Jin dynasty family, Bai Renfu's grandfather held a post at the powerful Bureau of Military Affairs, and his father was a close friend of the poet

Yuan Haowen Yuan Haowen () also known as Yuan Yishan (遺山/遗山) or “Yuan of Yi Mountain” (1190–1257) was a poet from Xinzhou, Shanxi, Xinzhou, in what is now Shanxi province, noted for his poems in the ''Ci (poetry), ci'' and the ''Chinese Sanqu poe ...

. However, the defeat of the Jin dynasty by the

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resulted in a major upheaval in social relationships. Nevertheless, Bo Renfu achieved honorary rank and an official position in the Yuan dynasty as Minister of Protocol.Crump, 7

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*Crump, J. I. (1990). ''Chinese Theater in the Days of Kublai Khan''. (Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies The University of Michigan) . 1226 births 1306 deaths Yuan dynasty poets Yuan dynasty dramatists and playwrights People from Xinzhou Poets from Shanxi 13th-century Chinese poets 14th-century Chinese poets 14th-century Chinese dramatists and playwrights 13th-century Chinese dramatists and playwrights {{theat-bio-stub

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