Nguyễn Gia Thiều ( vi-hantu, 阮嘉韶, 1741–1798),
courtesy name
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China, officially the People's R ...
Quang Thanh (光聲),
pen name
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Đạm Trai (澹齋),
formal title Ôn Như hầu (溫如侯), was a Vietnamese
poet
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in the 18th century.
Biography
His best known work, the "Lament of a Royal Concubine" or "The Complaints of the Royal Harem" (
Cung Oán Ngâm Khúc
''Cung oán ngâm khúc'' (chữ Hán: 宮怨吟曲 Complaint of a Palace Maid) is a Vietnamese poem by Nguyễn Gia Thiều (1741–98) originally composed in nôm script.
The English title has also been rendered as the "Lament of a Royal Conc ...
), is an example of ''
song thất lục bát
The song thất lục bát (雙七六八, literally "double seven, six eight") is a Vietnamese poetic form, which consists of a quatrain comprising a couplet of two seven- syllable lines followed by a Lục bát couplet (a six-syllable line and a ...
'' ("double seven, six eight") form of
nôm poetry in the ''ngâm'' "lament" style.
[Norman G. Owen ''The Emergence Of Modern Southeast Asia: A New History'' 2005- Page 69 "In the masterpiece of lyric poetry by Nguyen Gia Thieu (1741-1798) "The Complaints of the Royal Harem," the rejected harem women – whom Thieu depicts as accomplished artists and chess players – are surrogates for politically frustrated "]
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1741 births
1798 deaths
Mandarins of the Trịnh lords
People of Revival Lê dynasty
People from Bắc Ninh province
18th-century Vietnamese poets
Vietnamese Confucianists