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Ma Zhiyuan

Chinese dramatist

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contribution to Chinese literature

In Chinese literature: Drama
Ma Zhiyuan, another contemporary, wrote 14 plays, of which the most celebrated is Hangongqiu (“Sorrow of the Han Court”). It deals with the tragedy of a Han dynasty court lady, Wang Zhojun, who, through the intrigue of a vicious portrait painter, was picked by mistake…
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