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Yao Nai
Culminating Master of the Tongcheng School and Compiler of the Guwenci Leizuan
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 Yao Jichuan · Jichuan · Xibao · Master Xibao · Yao Xibao · Tongcheng Pai Jidachengzhe
Great synthesizer of the Tongcheng School who harmonized moral philosophy, philological evidence, and prose aesthetics in Guwenci Leizuan.
Life and times
Dates 1731 - 1815
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