{{Short description|Chinese playwright of the Yuan dynasty}} {{family name hatnote|Bai|lang=Chinese}} [[File:A statue of Bai Pu.jpg|thumb|A statue of Bai Renfu in Zhengding]]
'''Bai Renfu''' ({{zh|t=白仁甫|p=Bái Rénfǔ|w=Pai Jen-fu or Po Jen-fu}}, c. 1226−1306), also known as '''Bai Pu''' ({{zh|t=白朴|p=Bái Pǔ|w=Pai P'u or Po P'u}}), was a Chinese playwright of the Yuan dynasty.
He wrote 16 plays, three of which are extant: * ''Over the Wall'' (裴少俊牆頭馬上 ''Péi Shǎo Jùn Qiáng Tóu Mǎ Shàng'') * ''Rain on the Paulownia Tree'' (唐明皇秋夜梧桐雨 ''Táng Míng Huáng Qiū Yè Wú Tóng Yǔ'') about Emperor Xuanzong and Lady Yang Guifei: * ''Romance of the East Wall'' (董秀英花月東牆記 ''Dǒng Xiù Yīng Huā Yuè Dōng Qiáng Jì'')
==Biography== A scion of an important Jin dynasty family, Bai Renfu's grandfather held a post at the powerful Bureau of Military Affairs, and his father was a close friend of the poet Yuan Haowen.<ref>Crump, 12</ref> However, the defeat of the Jin dynasty by the Mongol Empire resulted in a major upheaval in social relationships. Nevertheless, Bo Renfu achieved honorary rank and an official position in the Yuan dynasty as Minister of Protocol.<ref>Crump, 7</ref>
==See also== *Zaju
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==References== *Crump, J. I. (1990). ''Chinese Theater in the Days of Kublai Khan''. (Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies The University of Michigan) {{ISBN|0-89264-093-6}}.
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