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Zhang Yanghao

Zhang Yanghao

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Yanghao (traditional Chinese: 張養浩; simplified Chinese: 张养浩; pinyin: Zhāng Yǎnghào; 1270–1329), courtesy name Ximeng, was a Chinese writer from Shandong who lived during the Yuan dynasty and authored prose, poems, as well as songs.[1] He is particularly well known for his Sanqu poetry.[1] Among his works is one of the most frequently anthologized poems of the "meditation on the past" (懷古; 怀古; huáigǔ) genre, a song poem titled "Meditation on the Past at Tong Pass" (潼關懷古; 潼关怀古; Tóngguān Huáigǔ) and set to the tune of "Sheep on Mountain Slope" (Chinese: 山坡羊; pinyin: Shānpō yáng).[2] Besides his work as a writer, Zhang Yanghao also held high government posts and served at one time as head of the Ministry of Rites.[3] His tomb is in Shandong, to the north of the city center of Jinan.

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Meditation on the Past at Tong Pass

The song poem "Meditation on the Past at Tong Pass" is Zhang Yanghao most well-known work. It reads:

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  1. [1]
    Kwai-cho Ho, A study of Zhang Yanghao (1270-1329) and his Sanqu, PhD thesis, The University of Hong Kong,1994
  2. [2]
    Zong-Qi Cai, How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology, Columbia University Press, 2008
  3. [3]
    Tian Yuan Tan, Songs of Contentment and Transgression: Discharged Officials and Literati Communities in Sixteenth-Century North China, Harvard University Press, 2010. p. 48
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