The Song of the Pipa
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The Song of the Pipa is a renowned narrative poem by Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi that vividly portrays the melancholy life of a pipa-playing courtesan and reflects on the sorrows of human existence.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tang dynasty poem
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narrative poem ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Pipa Song
NERFINISHED
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Pipa xing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese classical music tradition
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Chinese courtesan culture ⓘ |
| author | Bai Juyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
classic of Tang poetry
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frequently anthologized in Chinese literature collections ⓘ |
| depicts |
conversation between poet and courtesan
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performance of pipa music at night ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative poetry
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yuefu-style poem ⓘ |
| hasForm | regulated verse with narrative structure ⓘ |
| influence | inspired later Chinese musical and literary works about the pipa ⓘ |
| instrumentFeatured | pipa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed onomatopoeic description of pipa sounds
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emotional depth and pathos ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
detailed sound description
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symbolism ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | pipa-playing courtesan ⓘ |
| medium | written literature ⓘ |
| motif |
meeting of strangers who share similar fates
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music as expression of suffering ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrator | Bai Juyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| poet | Bai Juyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reflects | Bai Juyi’s feelings of demotion and exile ⓘ |
| setting |
a river at night
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boat on the Yangtze River ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
decline from glory to obscurity
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life of a former capital courtesan ⓘ |
| theme |
empathy
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exile ⓘ impermanence of fame and fortune ⓘ melancholy ⓘ shared suffering ⓘ sorrow of human existence ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | Tang dynasty period of Bai Juyi’s exile ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Bai Juyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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