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Wang Zhou
Poet of the Chen-Sui transition, courtesy name Chengji, grandson of Wang Yun, who became a scholar in Prince Yang Guang's household after Chen fell; his rhapsodies were popular, and he was captured and executed after Yang Xuangan's revolt.
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 Courtesy name Chengji
Wang Zhou (558–613), courtesy name Chengji, was from Linyi in Langya and a grandson of Wang Yun. He first served the Chen, as legal officer to the Prince of Poyang, Crown Prince's Attendant and literary attendant to the Prince of Dongyang. After Chen fell, Yang Guang, Prince of Jin, called him as scholar; he joined Liu Fang's campaign against Linyi in 604 and became Editorial Assistant in 605, favoured by Emperor Yang for his literary talent. When Yang Xuangan's revolt failed in 613 he and Yu Chuo were banished, but he fled south, was caught and executed at fifty-six. His rhapsodies were popular, and Gu Shi Yuan includes his verse.
Life and times
Dates 558–613 CE