Xiaopin (literary genre)
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In Chinese literature, xiaopin (小品, Wade-Giles: hsiao-p'in) is a form of short essay, usually non-fictional, and usually being exclusively composed in prose.[1] The form is comparable to that of Tsurezuregusa by the Japanese monk Yoshida Kenkō.[1] The genre flourished in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.[2]
The following authors are considered among the most notable historical practitioners of the genre:[3]
- Gui Youguang (1506-1571)
- Lu Shusheng (1509-1605)
- Xu Wei (1521-1593)
- Li Zhi (1527-1602)
- Tu Long (1542-1605)
- Chen Jiru (1558-1639)
- Yuan Zongdao (1569-1600)
- Yuan Hongdao (1568-1610)
- Yuan Zhongdao (1570-1624)
- Zhong Xing (1574-1624)
- Li Liufang (1575-1629)
- Wang Siren (1575-1646)
- Tan Yuan-chun (1585-1637)
- Zhang Dai (1597-1684?)