About Ma Zhiyuan
Lived 1270 – 1330 (aged 59–60). Ma Zhiyuan was a Chinese playwright and poet.
Statue of Ma Zhiyuan in the Former Residence of Ma Zhiyuan in Beijing. Ma Zhiyuan (, 1250–1321), courtesy name Dongli , Chinese dramatist, playwright, and poet during the Yuan dynasty.
Among his achievements is the development and popularizing of the sanqu lyric type of Classical Chinese poetry forms. The poem "Autumn Thoughts" is the most widely known of his sanqu poems. The Yellow-Millet Dream, (Full title: On the Road to Handan, Awakening from a Dream Dreamt While Cooking Millet, ) Yueyang Tower, (Full title: Lü Dongbin Gets Drunk Three Times in Yueyang Tower, ) Tears on the Blue Gown, (Full title: The Overseer of Jiangzhou: Tears on the Blue Gown, ) (Full title: ) (Full title: ) (Full title: )
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Who was Ma Zhiyuan?
playwright
When was Ma Zhiyuan born?
Ma Zhiyuan was born in 1270 in Khanbaliq.
When did Ma Zhiyuan die?
Ma Zhiyuan died in 1330.
What was Ma Zhiyuan's occupation?
Ma Zhiyuan was a playwright and poet.
What nationality was Ma Zhiyuan?
Ma Zhiyuan was Chinese.
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