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Cao Bin
Southern Song official and poet from Rui'an in Wenzhou, a jinshi who served as Vice Minister and Prefect of Fuzhou; his Late Spring is in the Qianjia shi.
In the courtyard of a district government hall, a line of petitioners waits before a raised bench with a long table and document boxes; a blue umbrella stands beside it, a large drum stands at the gate where a few people wait, and a lake with sailboats lies beyond.
Also known as Courtesy name Xishi · Style name Dongmu
Cao Bin, courtesy name Xishi and style name Dongmu, was a Southern Song official and poet from Rui'an in Wenzhou; his dates are unknown. He came up through the jinshi examination. According to the China Biographical Database he was a Vice Minister from about 1239 and Prefect of Fuzhou from about 1239 to 1241. His poem Late Spring is known through the Qianjia shi, and the village of Caocun in Rui'an commemorates him in its jinshi heritage displays.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; Prefect of Fuzhou c. 1239–1241