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Xu Junqian
Liang-dynasty poet and grandson of Xu Xiaosi, adviser to Xiao Yi, Prince of Xiangdong, and a composer of popular new tunes.
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 Xu Junqian (variant character) · Zi Huaijian
Xu Junqian, also written Xu Junqian with a variant character, courtesy name Huaijian, lived under the Liang dynasty. He was a grandson of Xu Xiaosi of the Southern Qi, and his father Xu Gun served the Liang as palace attendant and minister of ceremonies. As consultant to Xiao Yi, Prince of Xiangdong, he was foremost in writing at the prince's court and was skilled in music; his new tunes spread widely. He died in post. The Yutai Xinyong preserves several of his poems, such as 'Keeping the New Year's Vigil with My Wife'.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; Liang-dynasty poet active in the first half of the 6th century