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Mao Wenxi
Former Shu ci poet who rose to Hanlin Chief Academician and Minister of Rites; his lyrics are collected in the Huajian ji.
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 Pinggui
Mao Wenxi, courtesy name Pinggui, was a man of the Former Shu in the Five Dynasties; his dates are unknown. He served the Former Shu and rose to Hanlin Chief Academician and Minister of Rites. Around 940 Zhao Chongzuo of the Later Shu compiled the Huajian ji (Collection from Among the Flowers), and Mao stands among the eighteen poets it includes, one of the Western Shu lyricists of the Huajian school.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; served the Former Shu (907–925)