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Zhang Yanghao
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Zhang Yanghao (traditional Chinese: 張養浩; simplified Chinese: 张养浩; pinyin: Zhāng Yǎnghào; 1270–1329), courtesy name Ximeng, was a Chinese writer from Shandong who lived during the Yuan dynasty and authored prose, poems, as well as songs.[1] He is particularly well known for his Sanqu poetry.[1] Among his works is one of the most frequently anthologized poems of the "meditation on the past" (懷古; 怀古; huáigǔ) genre, a song poem titled "Meditation on the Past at Tong Pass" (潼關懷古; 潼关怀古; Tóngguān Huáigǔ) and set to the tune of "Sheep on Mountain Slope" (Chinese: 山坡羊; pinyin: Shānpō yáng).[2] Besides his work as a writer, Zhang Yanghao also held high government posts and served at one time as head of the Ministry of Rites.[3] His tomb is in Shandong, to the north of the city center of Jinan.
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Meditation on the Past at Tong Pass
The song poem "Meditation on the Past at Tong Pass" is Zhang Yanghao most well-known work. It reads:
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List of poems
- Untitled (Chinese: 普天樂·楚離; pinyin: Pǔtiān yuè·Chu lí)
- Untitled (traditional Chinese: 慶東原; simplified Chinese: 庆东原; pinyin: Qìng dōng yuán)
- Shan Po Yang: Thinking of the Past at the Tong Pass (traditional Chinese: 山坡羊:潼關懷古; simplified Chinese: 山坡羊:潼关怀古; pinyin: Shān pō yáng: Tóng guān huái gǔ)
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