Kongque dongnanfei
Chinese folk ballad
Also known as: “Southeast the Peacock Flies”
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place in Chinese literature
- In Chinese literature: Poetry
…ballad of this period is Kongque dongnanfei (“Southeast the Peacock Flies”). The longest poem of early Chinese literature (353 lines), it relates the tragedy of a young married couple who committed suicide as the result of the cruelty of the husband’s mother. The ballad was probably first sung shortly after…
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