CIIC:Today's featured article/May 9, 2017
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The Peony Pavilion (牡丹亭), written in 1598, has long been considered the greatest Kunqu opera of all time. Its author was Tang Xianzu, who lived from 1550 to 1617. A native of Jiangxi Province, Tang was widely recognized as a man of immense learning, yet he failed to thrive as a government official. Exile, demotion and poverty marked his official career, but he left behind five Kunqu operas, among them The Peony Pavilion. (More...)