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Chen Weisong
Founder of the Yangxian Ci Poetry School and Master of Heroic Lyrics
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 Chen Qinian · Qinian · Jialing · Master Jialing · Yangxian Cipai Kaishanzu
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Paramount lyric poet of the early Qing who revived the heroic, expansive tradition of Su Shi and Xin Qiji, founding the influential Yangxian Lyric School.
Life and times
Dates 1625 - 1682
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