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Sangluan

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Sangluan is a genre of Classical Chinese poetry particularly associated with the era of the Yuan dynasty, from 1271 to 1368, written in response to the tumultuous events surrounding the Mongol conquest of China under Kublai Khan. The genre focuses on the devastation of war and the death and destruction that came with it. The scholar J. I. Crump has written that sangluan verse, or poetry of death and destruction, is in many ways a more accurate measure of the emotional toll the Chinese suffered under the Mongols than any amount of historical documentation.

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Place of Origin
China, Yuan dynasty 1
Defining Trait
Focus on the devastation of war and its death and destruction 1
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Poetry, Genres
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1. Sangluan - Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    particularly associated with the era of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), in China
  • Introduction, description of the genre
    This genre of the poetry of the Yuan Dynasty focuses on the devastation of war and its associated death and destruction
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