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Hangongqiu
play by Ma Zhiyuan
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place in Chinese literature
- In Chinese literature: Drama
…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 to be sent away to Central Asia as a chieftain’s consort.
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