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Liu Zhen
Forceful and High-Spirited Poet of the Seven Scholars of Jian'an
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 Liu Gonggan · Gonggan
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Influential poet of the Seven Scholars of Jian'an celebrated for vigorous phrasing and moral fortitude. Author of the classical ode to unyielding pine trees 'To My Younger Cousin'.
Life and times
Dates 186 - 217
EraHan