The Master of Opera: A Biography Hong Sheng/曲中巨擘 洪昇传

Hong Sheng was a great legendary writer and dramatist in the history of ancient Chinese literature and drama. Born into an official family with "a legacy of brilliance across generations," he displayed "exceptional talent" from a young age and gained literary fame early on, yet he remained a commoner scholar throughout his life. Hong Sheng's fate was fraught with misfortune and hardship. Despite a life filled with calamities, he left behind a rich body of literary works.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Hong Sheng was exceptionally talented and versatile, producing enduring works in poetry, lyrics, and drama. He wrote over a thousand poems in his lifetime, but when compiling his poetry collection, he rigorously edited it with an eye toward lasting legacy, leaving only about five hundred poems preserved. His poetry, described as "lofty and refined, untainted by worldly sentiments," established a unique style and earned praise from contemporary scholars such as Wang Shizhen and Zhu Yizun. Annotations on the Rhymes of the Book of Songs and the Songs of Chu was an early work reflecting his "innate interest in rhyme studies." While it thoroughly explored the origins and developments of rhyme, it did not break new theoretical ground but retained significant academic value. Hong Sheng had a particular passion for lyric and drama composition, though his lyrics were not compiled into a collection and are largely scattered in various anthologies and friends' literary collections. His primary achievement lay in drama, a craft often dismissed as trivial, yet it was through this very medium that Hong Sheng secured his enduring fame, independent of the records of historians.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿500¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿

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