The Tale of Kieu

The Tale of Kiều
The Tale of Kiều
Truyện Kiều
	A 1932 copy of Kim Vân Kiều tân truyện published in Hanoi, is better known as Truyện Kiều (Tale of Kiều).
Original title	Vietnamese: Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh; Chữ Hán: 斷腸新聲
Also known as	Vietnamese: Truyện Kiều; Chữ Hán: 傳翹
Author(s)	Nguyễn Du
Language	Vietnamese; (written in Chữ Nôm)
Date of issue	1820
State of existence	Emperor Minh Mạng
Authenticity	remake
Genre	epic poem
Verse form	lục bát (6/8)
Length	3,254 verses
Personages	Thúy Kiều
Sources	Jin Yun Qiao

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The Tale of Kiều is an epic poem in Vietnamese written by Nguyễn Du (1765–1820), well known in Vietnamese literature.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The original title in Vietnamese is Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh (斷腸新聲, "A New Cry From a Broken Heart"), but it is better known as Truyện Kiều (傳翹, IPA: [t͡ɕwiən˧˨ʔ kiəw˨˩] ^ⓘ, lit. "Tale of Kiều").

In 3,254 verses, written in lục bát ("six–eight") meter, the poem recounts the life, trials and tribulations of Thúy Kiều, a beautiful and talented young woman, who has to sacrifice herself to save her family. To save her father and younger brother from prison, she sells herself into marriage with a middle-aged man, not knowing that he is a pimp, and is forced into prostitution. While modern interpretations vary, some post-colonial writers have interpreted it as a critical, allegorical reflection on the rise of the Nguyễn dynasty.^[5]

^ Huỳnh Sanh Thông (1983). The Tale of Kieu: A Bilingual Edition of Nguyen Du's Truyen Kieu. Yale University Press. p. xx. ISBN 0300040512. A perfect example of the long narrative poem in six-eight verse, it has also stood unchallenged since its publication and dissemination in the second decade of the nineteenth century as the supreme masterwork of Vietnamese literature.
^ John Balaban. "Vietnamese literature". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 September 2020. Perhaps the greatest of these statesmen-poets was Nguyen Du in the 19th century. His Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), or Kim Van Kieu, is generally considered the pinnacle of Vietnamese literature.
^ "An Introduction to Truyện Kiều - An electronic version". Nôm Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2020. The Truyện Kiều, The Story of Kiều, by Nguyễn Du (1765-1820) is the great classical poem of Vietnam.
^ Hoàng Nhật (7 June 2020). "Nguyễn Du và Truyện Kiều: Từ những điều trông thấy đến những điều mơ ước". Kinh tế & Đô thị (in Vietnamese). People's Committee of Hanoi. Retrieved 26 September 2020. Cho đến nay, trong văn học Việt Nam chưa có ai sánh được với Nguyễn Du và Truyện Kiều. [As of now, in Vietnamese literature nobody can compare to Nguyễn Du and The Tale of Kieu.]
^ Patricia M. Pelley Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past 2002 Page 126 "Many postcolonial critics who focused on the masterpiece of Vietnamese literature — Nguyễn Du's narrative poem The Tale of Kiều — were tempted to interpret it as a critical, allegorical reflection on the rise of the Nguyễn dynasty."

[1] Huỳnh Sanh Thông (1983). The Tale of Kieu: A Bilingual Edition of Nguyen Du's Truyen Kieu. Yale University Press. p. xx. ISBN 0300040512. A perfect example of the long narrative poem in six-eight verse, it has also stood unchallenged since its publication and dissemination in the second decade of the nineteenth century as the supreme masterwork of Vietnamese literature.

[2] John Balaban. "Vietnamese literature". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 September 2020. Perhaps the greatest of these statesmen-poets was Nguyen Du in the 19th century. His Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), or Kim Van Kieu, is generally considered the pinnacle of Vietnamese literature.

[3] "An Introduction to Truyện Kiều - An electronic version". Nôm Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2020. The Truyện Kiều, The Story of Kiều, by Nguyễn Du (1765-1820) is the great classical poem of Vietnam.

[4] Hoàng Nhật (7 June 2020). "Nguyễn Du và Truyện Kiều: Từ những điều trông thấy đến những điều mơ ước". Kinh tế & Đô thị (in Vietnamese). People's Committee of Hanoi. Retrieved 26 September 2020. Cho đến nay, trong văn học Việt Nam chưa có ai sánh được với Nguyễn Du và Truyện Kiều. [As of now, in Vietnamese literature nobody can compare to Nguyễn Du and The Tale of Kieu.]

[5] Patricia M. Pelley Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past 2002 Page 126 "Many postcolonial critics who focused on the masterpiece of Vietnamese literature — Nguyễn Du's narrative poem The Tale of Kiều — were tempted to interpret it as a critical, allegorical reflection on the rise of the Nguyễn dynasty."

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