lyrical song form of Yuan-Ming-Qing dynasties, without spoken parts
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a form of lyrical song popular during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, performed without spoken dialogue (binbai)
technicalDistinguished from zaju (杂剧) by the absence of spoken parts (binbai). Divided into two forms: xiaoling (小令, single short tunes) and santao (散套, suites of multiple tunes).
Mǎ马
Zhì致
yuǎn远
chuàng创
zuò作
le了
xǔ许
duō多
kuài脍
zhì炙
rén人
kǒu口
de的
sǎn散
qǔ曲
。
Ma Zhiyuan composed many widely celebrated sanqu lyrics.
Sǎn散
qǔ曲
hé和
zá杂
jù剧
bù不
tóng同
，
méi没
yǒu有
bín宾
bái白
，
zhǐ只
gòng供
qīng清
chàng唱
。
Unlike zaju drama, sanqu has no spoken dialogue and is meant purely for singing.
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Zhè这
shǒu首
xiǎo小
lìng令
shì是
Yuán元
dài代
sǎn散
qǔ曲
de的
dài代
biǎo表
zuò作
zhī之
yī一
。
This short lyric is one of the representative works of Yuan dynasty sanqu.
Zhāng张
Kě可
jiǔ久
yǐ以
xiě写
shān山
shuǐ水
tí题
cái材
de的
sǎn散
qǔ曲
wén闻
míng名
。
Zhang Kejiu was famous for his sanqu lyrics on landscape themes.