The Handan Dream

E708812

Chinese play Ming dynasty play dramatic work

The Handan Dream is a classic Ming dynasty Chinese play by dramatist Tang Xianzu that explores the illusory nature of worldly success and human ambition through a vividly imagined dream narrative.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Nanke Dream	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese play ⓘ Ming dynasty play ⓘ dramatic work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dream at Handan NERFINISHED ⓘ Handan Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ Handan ji NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Linchuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Tang Xianzu NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ
culturalSignificance	classic of Chinese drama ⓘ
dramaticStructure	multi-act play ⓘ
explores	contrast between dream and reality ⓘ ephemeral nature of power and rank ⓘ moral consequences of desire ⓘ
genre	Chinese opera ⓘ drama ⓘ dream play ⓘ
hasAuthorRole	Tang Xianzu as playwright ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Chinese theatrical representations of illusion and reality ⓘ later Chinese dream literature ⓘ
languageVariant	Classical Chinese ⓘ
literaryForm	chuanqi play ⓘ
literaryMovement	late Ming drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme	Buddhist-inspired detachment ⓘ illusory nature of worldly success ⓘ impermanence of life ⓘ vanity of human ambition ⓘ
medium	stage performance ⓘ
narrativeDevice	dream narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage	Chinese ⓘ
partOf	Four Dreams of Linchuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfCreation	late 16th century ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence	Buddhist thought ⓘ Confucian thought ⓘ Daoist thought ⓘ
setting	Handan NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition	Kunqu theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
workInSeriesWith	The Dream of Nanke NERFINISHED ⓘ The Peony Pavilion NERFINISHED ⓘ The Purple Hairpin NERFINISHED ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Nanke Dream