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白樸

简白朴 · 繁白樸

Mandarin · pinyin Bái Pǔ

Bai Pu (1226-1306), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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朴: pǔ · simple, unadorned; sincere; surname; a tree

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