Wú Wěiyè zài 《 Yuányuán Qǔ 》 lǐ xiě le Wú Sānguì hé Chén Yuányuán de gùshi.
In the Ballad of Yuanyuan, Wu Weiye told the story of Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan.
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history
His literary name was 梅村, and he is often called 吴梅村. He came second in the palace examination of 1631 and served the Ming; after its fall he took office under the Qing for a few years, and later wrote of it with deep regret.
culture
His long narrative poems on the fall of the Ming, in a style later called 梅村体, put him with 钱谦益 and 龚鼎孳 among the 江左三大家, the three great poets of the lower Yangtze.
