Zhu Shuzhen
Appearance
Zhu Shuzhen | |||||||||
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朱淑真 | |||||||||
Born | 1135 | ||||||||
Died | 1180 (aged 44–45) Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | ||||||||
Occupation | Poet | ||||||||
Notable work | Heartbreaking Verse | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Chinese | 朱淑真 | ||||||||
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Youqi Jushi | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 幽棲居士 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 幽栖居士 | ||||||||
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Zhu Shuzhen (Chinese: 朱淑真; c. 1135 – 1180)[1] was a Chinese poet who lived during the Song dynasty.[2] She married an official with whom she had a bad marriage. She either had an affair or committed suicide. After her death, her parents burned poetry that she had written.
Copies of her poetry had already been circulating and 339 shi and 33 ci, written by her could be reconstituted. Her poems dealt with love's sorrows and her collection is called Heartbreaking Verse. Since she adopted a few lines from Li Qingzhao's work, it's clear that Zhu Shuzhen was familiar with at least some of her work.
References[edit]
- ^ Chan, Kar Yue (2015), Sun, Yifeng (ed.), "Masculine Fantasies and Feminine Representations in the English Translations of Premodern Chinese Poetry in Journals", Translation and Academic Journals: The Evolving Landscape of Scholarly Publishing, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 165–178, doi:10.1057/9781137522092_11, ISBN 978-1-137-52209-2, retrieved 2024-03-10
- ^ Chan, Kelly Kar Yue (2024), Garfield Lau, Chi Sum; Chan, Kelly Kar Yue (eds.), "Epitomizing the Poignancy in Poetry and Cantonese Opera: "The Heartbreaking Poetry" of Zhu Shuzhen", The Poetics of Grief and Melancholy in East-West Conflicts and Reconciliations, Singapore: Springer Nature, pp. 9–22, doi:10.1007/978-981-99-9821-0_2, ISBN 978-981-99-9821-0, retrieved 2024-03-10