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Wang Shizhen
Dominant Poet of Early Qing and Founder of the 'Shenyun' (Divine Charm) Poetic School
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 Wang Yishang · Yishang · Yuyang Shanren · Wang Yuyang · Shenyun Pai Zongshi
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Supreme literary arbiter of the early Qing Dynasty and Minister of Justice who formulated the aesthetic doctrine of 'Shenyun' (Divine Charm) in Daijingtang Ji.
Life and times
Dates 1634 - 1711
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