Bai Po (Po P'o) ca. 1226-1313

One of the most famous writers of zaju dramas during the Yuan dynasty. His masterpiece was Rain on the Wutong Tree. Of the 15 plays he was known to have written, nearly all have been lost. He refused at least two official posts under the Mongol regime and spent much of his adult life travelling round China and writing poetry and songs.
Works:

  • Tianlai ji (Sounds of Nature)

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