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Li Gefei
Northern Song scholar-official from Jinan, courtesy name Wenshu, father of Li Qingzhao; a jinshi of 1076 and author of the Luoyang Mingyuan Ji, an account of Luoyang's famous gardens.
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 Wenshu
Li Gefei, courtesy name Wenshu, came from Licheng in Jinan and was a Northern Song writer and official, father of the poetess Li Qingzhao. He took the jinshi in 1076, served as registrar of Jizhou and an examination official, was summoned as collator in 1095, and later became vice-director of the Board of Rites and judicial commissioner of Jingdong; he lost office in 1102. His works include the Liji Shuo, Luoyang Mingyuan Ji and Shi Zhuan Bian Zhi; the one-scroll Luoyang Mingyuan Ji survives, and the Guwen Guanzhi selects his Postscript to the Luoyang Mingyuan Ji. He died in 1106.
Life and times
Dates Birth unknown; died 1106 CE