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Hong Mai
Southern Song Scholar-Official and Master of Scholarly and Supernatural Notes
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 Hong Jinglu · Jinglu · Rongzhai · Master Rongzhai · Yechu
Southern Song scholar-statesman whose scholarly notes in Rongzhai Suibi and vast supernatural compendium Yijian Zhi represent the apex of Song anecdotal literature.
Life and times
Dates 1123 - 1202
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