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id	eprints-10393
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institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
description	This article traces the first generation of writers of songs and drama in Nanjing who emerged from the anonymous context of early Ming court entertainment and established their name and reputation in the second half of the fifteenth century. These writers—Shi Zhong (1437-after 1516), Chen Duo (1454?-1507?), and Xu Lin (1462-1538)—represented a different mode of writing songs and drama. For them it was no longer a professional occupation, as in the case of the court performers, but became part of their cultural and social life. The extent to which our knowledge of these first generation qu writers depends on local sources and on acts of remembrance by later Nanjing authors is also examined.
format	Journal Article
author	Tan, Tian Yuan
author_facet	Tan, Tian Yuan
authorStr	Tan, Tian Yuan
author_letter	Tan, Tian Yuan
title	Emerging from Anonymity: The First Generation of Writers of Songs and Drama in Mid-Ming Nanjing
publisher	Brill
publishDate	2010
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/10393/