Zhiyuan Ma (c.1250 - 1321)

Ma Zhiyuan (simplified Chinese: 马致远; traditional Chinese: 馬致遠; pinyin: Mă Zhìyuăn, c. 1250–1321), courtesy name Dongli (東籬), was a Chinese poet and celebrated playwright, a native of Dadu (大都, present-day Beijing) during the Yuan Dynasty.