俞为民

Also known as: 俞为民(校注导读)

Notable works
The Peony Pavilion (Illustrated Edition)Selected Plays of Guan HanqingThe Romance of the Western Chamber (Illustrated Edition)

9 written works

About the author

Yu Weimin is an author about whom limited public information is available. His works center on classical Chinese drama and literary classics. Nine of his titles are listed here, including illustrated editions of The Peony Pavilion, The Romance of the Western Chamber, The Peach Blossom Fan, and The Palace of Eternal Life, as well as Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing, A General Survey of Ming and Qing Chuanqi, Studies in Qu Form, and A Study of the Transmission of Southern Opera in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. These works span categories such as classics, literary appreciation, history, culture, and folk literature, indicating a sustained engagement with the compilation, popularization, and study of ancient dramatic texts. The illustrated editions present famous plays through a combination of text and images, making the originals more accessible to general readers, while the scholarly works address topics such as Ming and Qing chuanqi, qu form, and the transmission of Southern opera, reflecting an approach that values both textual editions and dissemination.

Written (9)

The Peony Pavilion (Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.6
The Peony Pavilion (Illustrated Edition) Tang Xianzu / 俞为民 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 *The Peony Pavilion*, also known as *The Return of the Soul*, is the masterpiece of the Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu, who remarked, "Of the 'Fo…
The Romance of the Western Chamber (Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.4
The Romance of the Western Chamber (Illustrated Edition) Wang Shifu / 俞为民 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Xixiang Ji (Romance of the Western Chamber), in five books and twenty acts, is the crowning masterpiece of Yuan zaju drama, hailed as "the finest unde…
The Palace of Eternal Life (Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.4
The Palace of Eternal Life (Illustrated Edition) Hong Sheng / 俞为民 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Hong Sheng's The Palace of Eternal Life and Kong Shangren's The Peach Blossom Fan are celebrated chuanqi masterpieces of the early Qing stage, known t…
The Peach Blossom Fan (Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.4
The Peach Blossom Fan (Illustrated Edition) Kong Shangren / 俞为民 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024 Kong Shangren's The Peach Blossom Fan and Hong Sheng's The Palace of Eternal Life are celebrated masterpieces of the chuanqi drama that earned their a…
A General Survey of Ming and Qing Chuanqi Drama cover
Rating 4.2
A General Survey of Ming and Qing Chuanqi Drama 俞为民 Zhonghua Book Company · 2024 Chuanqi, the new development of Nanxi in the Ming and Qing dynasties, is an important dramatic form in the history of ancient Chinese opera. This book…
Yuan Dynasty Drama (2 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.0
Yuan Dynasty Drama (2 Volumes) 俞为民 / 李建军 Zhonghua Book Company · 2022 This two-volume set includes A Study of the Transmission of Southern Opera in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and Elegance Meets Vulgarity: A Study of the…
Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing cover
Rating 4.6
Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing Guan Hanqing / 俞为民 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 This volume is part of the Classic Reading Cultivation Series. It brings together three works by Guan Hanqing, one of the Four Masters of Yuan drama: …
A Textual Study of the Dissemination of Southern Opera in the Song and Yuan Dynasties (Hardcover) cover
Rating 4.2
A Textual Study of the Dissemination of Southern Opera in the Song and Yuan Dynasties (Hardcover) 俞为民 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 The book is divided into three parts. Part One, "On the Textual Transmission of Nanxi," sorts out and examines the transmission and variation of the t…
A Study of the Qu Form cover
Rating 4.2
A Study of the Qu Form 俞为民 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 The study of qu form explores and examines the constitutive forms and inner laws of the vocal-musical elements of qu. Research on qu form is an import…

Publishers

Shanghai Classics Publishing HouseZhonghua Book CompanyZhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House