Feng Menglong
Feng Menglong ( Chinese 馮夢龍 , Pinyin Féng Mènglóng ; * 1574 ; † 1645 ) was a Chinese poet of the late Ming dynasty .
Life
Féng was born in Changzhou .
He was considered a follower of the school of Li Zhi (1527-1602), which emphasized the importance of human emotions and human behavior in literature. A large part of his literary work consisted in the editing and publication of yearbooks, almanacs , short stories and the like.
plant
Féng's main work is the colloquial (huaben) cycle Sanyan ( Three Conversations ) published between 1620 and 1627 . It consists of the novella collections
- Yushi Mingyan ( Plain Words to Light Up the World )
- Jingshi Tongyan ( Striking words to cheer up the world ) and
- Xingshi Hengyan ( Haunting Words to Disenchant the World ).
The stories depict people in a naturalistic manner and deal, for example, with unhappy lovers, lustful monks or greedy matchmakers. They were difficult to reconcile with the official Confucian state doctrine.
literature
- Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer: History of Chinese literature. Bern 1990, ISBN 3-406-45337-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Feng Menglong in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feng Menglong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 冯梦龙 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1574 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wuxian |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1645 |