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Liu Han
Southern Song commoner poet styled Wuzi from Changsha, long resident in Lin'an, whose 'Start of Autumn' is included in the Qianjia Shi.
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 Wuzi
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Liu Han, courtesy name Wuzi (some say Wuzhi), was a Southern Song poet from Changsha who lived around the Shaoxi era. He stayed for long periods in Lin'an and never held office. His poem 'Start of Autumn', in which falling wutong leaves announce the season, is included in the Qianjia Shi and is the work he is known for.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; lived around the Shaoxi era (1190-1194)