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Pan Xibai
Southern Song ci poet, courtesy name Huaigu and sobriquet Yuzhuang, who first studied poetry under Zhao Ruhui and then devoted himself to yuefu; appointed collator at the History Office but did not take up the post.
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 Huaigu · Yuzhuang (sobriquet)
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Pan Xibai, courtesy name Huaigu and sobriquet Yuzhuang, was a Southern Song ci poet; his dates are unknown. According to the Song biographical index data, he studied poetry early under Zhao Ruhui and later mastered yuefu, winning a reputation in both. He was named collator at the History Office but never took up the post, and Pan Baoda was an uncle on his father's side. The Three Hundred Song Ci selects his Da You (Double Ninth).
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; lived in the Southern Song