Kim Van Kieu

Japanese: キム･バン･キエウ（英語表記）Kim Van Kieu

A long Vietnamese epic poem written in Chinese and Chu Nom. It is also known as "Jin Yun Qiao Xin Fu" or "Tearful Sinners Xin Sing". It was translated by Nguyen Du (1765-1820), a scholar at the Can Zhengtian Palace of the Nguyen Dynasty, under the pen name of Qing Xin Cairen, from the anonymous early Chinese Qing Dynasty chapter novel "Jin Yun Qiao Fu". It is a 3,524-line translation of verse in the typical Vietnamese six-eight style. It is not merely a piece of translated literature, but has perfected a typical form of ethnic poetry using slang, and made a major contribution to the formation of the modern Vietnamese language. It is also regarded as a piece of national literature that skillfully expresses the psychology and ethics of the Vietnamese people, but it remains a Chinese tale of a beautiful woman on the move, set in the Ming dynasty and telling the tale of Thuy Kieu (Cui Qiao), who left her lover Kim Trong (Kim Chong) in the care of her sister Thuy Van (Cui Yun) and entered into a world of hardship.The title is taken from one character each of the names of the characters in the story.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

漢字とチュノムで書かれたベトナムの長編叙事詩。《金雲翹新傅》《断腸新声》ともいう。グエン(阮)朝の勤政殿学士グエン･ズーNguyen Du(阮攸。1765‐1820)が青心才人の筆名による作者不詳の中国清初の章回小説《金雲翹傅》を，ベトナム特有の六八体詩3524行に翻訳したもの。単なる翻訳文学に終わらず，俗語を用いた民族語詩の典型を完成し，近代ベトナム語の形成に大きく寄与した。ベトナム人の心理と倫理観を巧みに表現した国民文学とも評価されるが，恋人キム･チョン(金重)を妹のトゥイ･バン(翠雲)に托して苦界に身を投じたトゥイ･キエウ(翠翹)の物語を明代を時代背景に描き，それらの人名から各1字を採って題名とした中国の佳人流離譚であることに変りはない。

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