thumb|尤侗 '''You Tong''' (Chinese: 尤侗; 1618-1704) was a Chinese author and literary critic.
You was a native of Suzhou. After the fall of the Ming dynasty he made repeated attempts to pass the Imperial examination, eventually succeeding at the age of sixty-one. After this he worked as a historian at the Hanlin Academy, although he did briefly hold a role as magistrate during the early 1650s.<ref name="Dolby1976">{{cite book|author=William Dolby|title=A history of Chinese drama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZcQAAAAYAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Barnes & Noble, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-06-491736-0|page=116}}</ref> He was a noted member of the literati of his time, and was especially celebrated for his plays.<ref name="zeitlin">{{cite journal|last1=Zeitlin|first1=Judith T.|title=Spirit Writing and Performance in the Work of You Tong 尤侗 (1618-1704)|journal=T'oung Pao|date=1998|volume=84|issue=1/3|pages=102–135|doi=10.1163/1568532982630877|jstor=4528738}}</ref><ref name="Li2004">{{cite book|author=Qiancheng Li|title=Fictions of Enlightenment: Journey to the West, Tower of Myriad Mirrors, and Dream of the Red Chamber|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQJpJmm4AzAC&pg=PA51|year=2004|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2597-3|page=51}}</ref> He wrote primarily in the ''zaju'' (Northern) style, but his song-plays, while highly regarded, were considered impossible to stage and so were primarily read rather than watched.<ref name="Altenburger2009">{{cite book|author=Roland Altenburger|title=The Sword Or the Needle: The Female Knight-errant (xia) in Traditional Chinese Narrative|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvihHb4qBTMC&pg=PA75|year=2009|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-0343-0036-0|page=75}}</ref>
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==Further reading== *{{cite ECCP|title=Yu T'ung}}
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Category:1618 births Category:1704 deaths Category:17th-century Chinese dramatists and playwrights Category:18th-century Chinese dramatists and playwrights Category:17th-century theatre managers Category:18th-century theatre managers
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