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Kong Yi
Northern Song recluse and lyricist from Longxing in Ruzhou, son of Kong Min, who never took office and whose lyric 'Nanpu' is in the Songci Sanbaishou.
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 Zi Fangping · Hao Zhigao Yufu · Reclusive pen name Lu Yizhong
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Kong Yi, courtesy name Fangping, came from Longxing in Ruzhou (modern Baofeng, Henan) and was the son of the scholar Kong Min. A recluse of the Yuanyou era under Emperor Zhezong, he wrote under the name Lu Yizhong, never sought office and lived at Zhiyang, calling himself the Fisherman of Zhi Marsh; he and Li Zhi drank and made poetry together. His lyrics are graceful, and Huang Sheng compared them to those of Moqi Yong (courtesy name Yayan). Three lyrics survive in the Quan Song Ci, and 'Nanpu: Thoughts on a Journey' is in the Songci Sanbaishou.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; a recluse in the Yuanyou era of Emperor Zhezong (1086–1094)