Nguyễn Gia Thiều ( vi-hantu, 阮嘉韶, 1741–1798),

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Quang Thanh (光聲),

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Đạm Trai (澹齋),

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Ôn Như hầu (溫如侯), was a Vietnamese

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in the 18th century.

Biography

His best known work, the "Lament of a Royal Concubine" or "The Complaints of the Royal Harem" (

Cung Oán Ngâm Khúc ''Cung oán ngâm khúc'' (chữ Hán: 宮怨吟曲 Complaint of a Palace Maid) is a Vietnamese poem by Nguyễn Gia Thiều (1741–98) originally composed in nôm script. The English title has also been rendered as the "Lament of a Royal Concu ...

), is an example of ''

song thất lục bát The song thất lục bát (雙七六八, literally "double seven, six eight") is a Vietnamese poetic form, which consists of a quatrain comprising a couplet of two seven-syllable lines followed by a Lục bát couplet (a six-syllable line and an e ...

'' ("double seven, six eight") form of nôm poetry in the ''ngâm'' "lament" style.Norman G. Owen ''The Emergence Of Modern Southeast Asia: A New History'' 2005- Page 69 "In the masterpiece of lyric poetry by Nguyen Gia Thieu (1741-1798) "The Complaints of the Royal Harem," the rejected harem women – whom Thieu depicts as accomplished artists and chess players – are surrogates for politically frustrated "

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Gia Thieu 1741 births 1798 deaths Mandarins of the Trịnh lords People of Revival Lê dynasty People from Bắc Ninh province 18th-century Vietnamese poets Vietnamese Confucianists