Sheng Hong

Hong Sheng was a Chinese playwright and poet of the early Qing dynasty, born in 1645 in Qiantang, now part of Hangzhou in Zhejiang. He is most closely associated with The Palace of Eternal Life (Changsheng Dian), the drama for which he is still widely remembered.

His work is often linked with the great dramatic tradition of kunqu theater, and he is frequently mentioned alongside Kong Shangren, another major playwright of the period. The Palace of Eternal Life, completed in the late seventeenth century, retells the story of Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei with romance, court intrigue, and political unrest woven together.

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