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Wang Yanshou
Eastern Han rhapsody writer styled Wenkao, son of Wang Yi, author of the Rhapsody on the Hall of Lingguang in Lu, who drowned in the Xiang as a young man.
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 Wenkao · Zishan
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Wang Yanshou, courtesy name Wenkao and also Zishan, was an Eastern Han writer of rhapsodies and son of Wang Yi, editor of the Chu Ci commentary. His Rhapsody on the Hall of Lingguang in Lu describes Han architecture and wall paintings and is included in the Wen Xuan; he also wrote the Dream Rhapsody. He is said to have drowned in the Xiang River in the Jianhe era, at about 20 to 29 years of age; his birth year is unknown.
Life and times
Dates Birth year unknown; drowned in the Jianhe era (147-149 CE), aged about 20-29