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Yuan Haowen
Literary Titan of Northern China and Chronicler of Jin Dynasty Heritage
Mural guide
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Yuan Yishan · Master Yishan · Yuzhi · Yuan Yuzhi · Jin Yuan Wenzong
Eminent literary titan and historian at the transition from Jin to Yuan. Preserved Northern literary heritage in Zhongzhou Ji and authored the immortal lyric ode on love and loyalty.
Life and times
Dates 1190 - 1257
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