''Sangluan'' (, literally “Mourning and chaos poetry”) refers to a genre of
Classical Chinese poetry
Classical Chinese poetry is traditional Chinese poetry written in Classical Chinese and typified by certain traditional forms, or modes; traditional genres; and connections with particular historical periods, such as the poetry of the Tang dyn ...
particularly associated with the era 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 ...
(1271–1368), in China. Written in response to the tumultuous events leading up to and during the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty by
Kublai Khan
Kublai ; Mongolian script: ; (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder of the Yuan dynasty of China and the fifth khagan-emperor of th ...
and the
Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous land empire in history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, ...
. This genre of the
poetry of the Yuan Dynasty focuses on the devastation of war and its associated death and destruction, specifically in terms of this historical process. According to one student of Yuan drama in this period, J. I. Crump:
:Much poetry written during this period is called ''sang-luan'' verse, or "poetry of death and destruction," and ''sang-luan'' verse in many ways is a far more accurate measure of the emotional battering the Chinese underwent at the hands of the Mongols than any amount of historical documentation.
[Crump, 20]
Practitioners include
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 ...
.
See also
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Classical Chinese poetry
Classical Chinese poetry is traditional Chinese poetry written in Classical Chinese and typified by certain traditional forms, or modes; traditional genres; and connections with particular historical periods, such as the poetry of the Tang dyn ...
*
Classical Chinese poetry genres
Classical Chinese poetry genres are those genres which typify the traditional Chinese poems written in Classical Chinese. Some of these genres are attested to as early as the publication of the Classic of Poetry, dating from a traditionally, and ...
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Yuan poetry
Yuan may refer to:
Currency
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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 ...
References
*Crump, J. I. (1990). ''Chinese Theater in the Days of Kublai Khan''. (Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies The University of Michigan) .
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