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Zhang Dai
Supreme Master of Late Ming Essay and Author of Tao'an Dream Memories
Mural guide
Mural of Watching Snow at the Mid-Lake Pavilion, a work by this person.
Under falling snow, a lone traveler crosses West Lake by boat toward the pavilion at its center. Hills, water and sky dissolve into white around the small human presence.
Also known as Zhang Zongzi · Zongzi · Tao'an · Tao'an Jushi · Die'an Jushi · Zhang Tao'an
Master of late Ming nostalgic essay literature and author of Tao'an Mengyi and Lake Pavilion in the Snow. Also authored the historical work Shikui Shu.
Life and times
Ming
QingWorks
Literature · Prose3- Watching Snow at the Mid-Lake PavilionMingZhang Dai's late Ming vignette recalling a snowbound night trip to the pavilion on West Lake
- West Lake on the Fifteenth of the Seventh MonthMingZhang Dai's vignette sorting the West Lake moon-viewers of the Ghost Festival into five types
- Liu Jingting the StorytellerMingZhang Dai's portrait of Pockmarked Liu, the ugly Nanjing storyteller whose roar made jars ring
- Literature · Sayings1
- Sky and Lake One Seamless WhiteMingLine from Zhang Dai's Viewing Snow from the Lake Pavilion: sky, hills and water merge in white