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Ji Shaoyu
Liang literary man from Moling in Danyang, born with the surname Wu, who became a scholar of the Eastern Palace; four of his poems survive in the Yutai Xinyong.
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 You Yu · Born Wu
Ji Shaoyu, courtesy name Youyu, came from Moling in Danyang; born a Wu, he took the surname Ji after adoption into that clan. He entered the Imperial Academy at nineteen, mastered the Six Classics and won the notice of the erudite Bao Jiao. He served Prince Gang of Jin'an, the future Emperor Jianwen, then the Duke of Dangyang, and in 541 was recommended as a scholar of the Eastern Palace; he later became secretary to Xiao Ji, Prince of Wuling, and died in post. A fine cursive calligrapher, he was praised by Wang Sengru and Dao Gai.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active in the Liang, around the Datong 7 appointment (541 CE)