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Zha Shenxing
Poet from Haining, jinshi of 1703 and compiler in the Hanlin Academy, who followed Su Shi and Lu You
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 Zha Chubai · Chubai · Master Chubai · Jingyetang Zhuren
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Zha Shenxing, originally named Silian, courtesy name Huiyu and sobriquets Chubai and Tashan, from Haining in Zhejiang, was born in 1650, a Qing poet. He passed the jinshi examination in 1703, was made compiler in the Hanlin Academy and served in the Southern Study. His poetry followed Song poets, especially Su Shi and Lu You, and his works include the Jingyetang shiji and the Zhouyi wanci jijie. Zhao Yi judged that in depth of craft he was the one poet after Bai Juyi and Lu You. He died in 1727.
Life and times
Dates 1650 - 1727