The history of the Yuan Dynasty was not long. It was only 96 years before Kublai Khan changed the Mongolian dynasty to Dayuan in 127 1 (before the final demise of the Southern Song Dynasty) and died in 1367. It has been 133 years since the Mongol dynasty destroyed the gold and unified the north and the Yuan dynasty perished.
Compared with the literature of the previous generation, the most outstanding achievement of Yuan Dynasty literature is drama, and later generations often equate Yuan Qu with Tang Poetry and Song Poetry. Poetry, ci, prose and other styles are relatively declining.
Yuanqu is a popular literary form in the Yuan Dynasty and the wisdom essence of Confucian scholars in the Yuan Dynasty, including zaju and Sanqu, sometimes referring to zaju. Zaju is a kind of performance form characterized by funny in Song Dynasty, and it developed into a traditional opera form in Yuan Dynasty.
Each book is mainly 60% off, with a wedge at the beginning or between folds, and each fold consists of Beiqu divertimento and Bai Bin homophony. Such as Guan Hanqing's Dou Eyuan. Popular in Dadu (now Beijing) area.
There are also dramas in Ming and Qing dynasties, but there is no limit to 60% discount per book. Sanqu is a popular music form in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it has no object. The content is mainly lyrical, including poems and collections.
It began in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan Dynasty. Generally speaking, Yuan Zaju and Sanqu are collectively referred to as Yuan Qu, Zaju is a drama and Sanqu is a poem, belonging to different literary genres. But there are also similarities. Both of them sing in the form of Beiqu. Therefore, Sanqu and Opera are also called Yuefu. Sanqu is the main body of literature in Yuan Dynasty.