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Zhang Zhu
Yuan poet and lyricist who studied under Li Cun and Qiu Yuan, rose to Hanlin Chief Academician and was made Duke of Lu.
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 Zhongju · Style name Tuian
Zhang Zhu, courtesy name Zhongju and style name Tuian, was a Yuan poet and lyricist, 1287 to 1368. He studied the Neo-Confucian teachings with Li Cun and poetry with Qiu Yuan, became an assistant at the Imperial College around 1340, and rose through the Hanlin Academy and the post of Director of the Imperial College to Chief Academician, with the title Duke of Lu. About 687 poems and some 133 lyrics survive in the Tuian ji and Tuian ci.
Life and times
Dates 1287 CE–1368 CE