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Wu Jun (Shuqing)
Southern Dynasties master of landscape prose (469–520 CE), founder of the 'Wu Jun style', celebrated for 'Letter to Zhu Yuansi' portraying the Fuchun River.
Mural of Letter to Zhu Yuansi, a work by this person.
A small boat travels down the clear Fuchun River, where fish and stones show beneath the surface and steep wooded mountains rise along the banks. The letter lingers over unspoiled water and quiet distance.
Also known as Wu Shuqing · Master Wu Jun
Wu Jun (469–520 CE), style name Shuqing, was a preeminent Southern Dynasties prose master and historian. His distinctively crisp, vigorous prose sparked the widespread 'Wu Jun style'. His landscape letters, especially 'Letter to Zhu Yuansi', captured the sublime beauty of Jiangnan waterways, while his 'Xu Qi Xie Ji' enriched early Chinese fiction.
Life and times
Dates 469–520 CE