The Tale of Kiều

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The Tale of Kiều is an early 19th-century Vietnamese epic poem by Nguyễn Du, celebrated as a masterpiece of Vietnamese literature for its lyrical language and profound exploration of fate, love, and social injustice.

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The Tale of Kiều canonical 3
Truyện Kiều 3

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instanceOf Vietnamese literary work ⓘ
epic poem ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Truyện Kiều ⓘ
linked to: The Tale of Kiều

Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh ⓘ
altTitleMeaning A New Lament of a Broken Heart ⓘ
approximateCompletionYear 1820 ⓘ
author Nguyễn Du ⓘ
basedOn Jin Yun Qiao ⓘ
The Tale of Chin, Yu, and Ch’iao ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the core canon of Vietnamese literature ⓘ
compositionPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
culturalSignificance national epic of Vietnam ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
romantic tragedy ⓘ
verse narrative ⓘ
hasTranslation Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
Korean ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
other languages ⓘ
influenceOn Vietnamese idioms and proverbs ⓘ
Vietnamese language ⓘ
Vietnamese music ⓘ
Vietnamese theatre ⓘ
Vietnamese visual arts ⓘ
inspiredBy Chinese Ming-dynasty novel ⓘ
literaryDevice allusion to Chinese and Vietnamese classics ⓘ
extensive use of metaphor and wordplay ⓘ
literaryForm lục bát verse ⓘ
literaryStatus masterpiece of Vietnamese literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Hoạn Thư ⓘ
Kim Trọng ⓘ
Mã Giám Sinh ⓘ
Thúy Kiều ⓘ
Thúy Vân ⓘ
Từ Hải ⓘ
meter lục bát ⓘ
narrativeStructure first-person and third-person narration ⓘ
numberOfLines 3254 ⓘ
originalLanguage Vietnamese ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation blend of Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist ideas ⓘ
plotSummary Thúy Kiều sells herself into marriage and prostitution to save her family, enduring years of suffering before eventual reunion with her first love ⓘ
setting feudal Vietnam ⓘ
theme Buddhist karma ⓘ
Confucian morality ⓘ
fate ⓘ
female suffering ⓘ
filial piety ⓘ
love ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
titleMeaning The Tale of Kiều ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vietnamese literature → notableWork → The Tale of Kiều ⓘ
Chữ Nôm → associatedWithWork → Truyện Kiều ⓘ
linked to: The Tale of Kiều
Nguyễn Du → notableWork → The Tale of Kiều ⓘ
Nguyễn Du → notableWork → Truyện Kiều ⓘ
linked to: The Tale of Kiều
The Tale of Kiều → alsoKnownAs → Truyện Kiều ⓘ
linked to: The Tale of Kiều
The Tale of Kiều → titleMeaning → The Tale of Kiều ⓘ