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Chao Buzhi
Northern Song ci poet and writer, one of the Four Scholars of Su Shi's circle
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 Chao Wujiu · Wujiu · Guilaizi · Sumen Si Xueshi Zhi Yi
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Chao Buzhi, courtesy name Wujiu and sobriquet Guilaizi, from Juye in Jizhou, was born in 1053. A Northern Song ci poet and writer, he was one of the Four Scholars of Su's circle with Zhang Lei, Huang Tingjian and Qin Guan. He passed the jinshi examination in 1079 and served as instructor at the Imperial University and in posts at Yangzhou, Qizhou, Bozhou and Chuzhou. His works include the Jilei ji and the Chao shi qinqu waipian, and ci such as Dongxian ge and Shuilong yin. He died in 1110.
Life and times
Dates 1053 - 1110