Zhou Bangyan
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Zhou Bangyan (Chinese:
Biography[edit]
Birth and early life[edit]
Zhou Bangyan was born in 1056.[a] He was a native of Qiantang (
Political career[edit]
At the age of 23, Zhou went to live in the capital Bianliang as a student at the National Academy.[3] In 1083 he published "Rhapsody on the capital" (汴都
In 1087, at the age of 31, Zhou was sent to Lu Prefecture in Anhui where he worked as an instructor (
Later life and death[edit]
In 1118 Zhou was again assigned a prefectural post.[3] After three transfers, he died in Nanjing (present-day Shangqiu) in 1121, aged 66.[b]
Names[edit]
His courtesy name was Meicheng, and his art name was Qingzhen Jushi.[1][2]
Works[edit]
Zhou is especially famous as a composer of ci,[1][2] a form of poetry that began in the Tang era and flourished during the Song Dynasty.[1] His complex and elegant poetic style is noted for its polished and elaborate form, and has been praised as "simple and honest, and elegant" (渾厚
Zhou was a noted composer of tunes and lyrics, working in close association with the imperial Music Bureau (
Reception[edit]
He became known as the "Patriarch of Ci Poets" (
Chen Yuanlong (
Notes[edit]
- ^ Sargent (2001, paragraph 19), Murakami (1994), Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten and Hightower (1977) citing Wang Guowei give 1056, but Murakami (1998) gives 1058.
- ^ Sargent (2001, paragraph 19), Murakami (1994), Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten, and Hightower (1977) citing Wang Guowei give 1121, but Murakami (1998) gives 1123.
- ^ Previously it was thought that he rose to the position of superintendent of the bureau, and Hightower (1977), Murakami (1994, 1998) and Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten cite this as fact, but recent research cited by Zhou Huarao (2014, p. 5) indicates that this was not the case.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Murakami 1994; Murakami 1998.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hightower 1977.
- ^ a b Murakami 1994.
- ^ Hightower 1977; Murakami 1994.
- ^ Murakami 1994; Murakami 1998; Hightower 1977.
- ^ Zhou Huarao 2014, p. 53.
- ^ Murakami 1998.
Works cited[edit]
- "Zhou Bang-yan (Shū Hōgen in Japanese)". Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten (in Japanese). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2014. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- Hightower, James R. (1977). "The Songs of Chou Pang-yen". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 37 (2): 233–272. doi:10.2307/2718675. JSTOR 2718675.
- Murakami, Tetsumi (1994). "Zhou Bang-yan (Shū Hōgen in Japanese)". Encyclopedia Nipponica (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- Murakami, Tetsumi (1998). "Zhou Bang-yan (Shū Hōgen in Japanese)". World Encyclopedia (in Japanese). Heibonsha. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- Sargent, Stuart (2001). "Chapter 15: Tz'u". In Mair, Victor H. (ed.). The Columbia History of Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-10984-9.
- Zhou Huarao (2014). The Lyrics of Zhou Bangyan (1056-1121): In between Popular and Elite Cultures (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Toronto. Retrieved 2017-09-18.