殤 shāng

die young; national mourning

DEFINITIONS

  • die young
  • national mourning
  • to die in childhood
  • war dead

WORDS

唐殤帝 táng shāng dì Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂[Li3 Chong2 mao4] (c. 695-715), reigned 710
河殤 hé shāng River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s
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