Wang Shifu
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Wang Shifu (Chinese: 王实甫; pinyin: Wáng Shífǔ, courtesy name of Wang Dexin (1250-1307?)[1] was a successful Chinese dramatic playwright of the Yuan Dynasty.
Born in Dadu[2], there is little known about him. There are 14 plays attributed to Wang and only three are extant.[3] His Romance of the West Chamber (xi xiang ji) is considered to be one of the most famous Chinese plays and is still popular today. It is an amplified zaju (杂剧), a then popular theatrical form.
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- ^ Tres dramas chinos Gredos, 2002 ISBN 8424923585. Several dates are given for his dead , The Britannica establishes it in 1337 [1]
- ^ Now Beijing
- ^ Britannica Article, Alicia Relinque in Tres dramas chinos says only two complete works survived
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