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Qu Dajun
Late Ming–early Qing poet and scholar of Panyu, one of the Three Masters of Lingnan and author of New Words on Guangdong.
Mural of the cultural record “Songs of the Southern Peoples”, which this person is tied to.
Also known as Zi Jiezi · Hao Wengshan · Dharma name Jinzhong
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Qu Dajun, courtesy name Jiezi and sobriquet Wengshan, was from Panyu in Guangdong. After the fall of the Ming he joined anti-Qing resistance and for a time took Buddhist vows under the name Jinzhong as a refusal to serve the new dynasty, later returning to lay life and travelling north among Ming loyalists. His bold verse ranks him with Chen Gongyin and Liang Peilan as the Three Masters of Lingnan, and his New Words on Guangdong is a key record of southern customs and products; his writings were banned under Qianlong. The 'letters of Qu Wengshan' in Zheng Xie's inscription are his.
Life and times
Dates 1630–1696 CE