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Xing Shao
Northern Dynasties man of letters from Mo county in Hejian, who served the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi; ranked with Wei Shou as Xing and Wei.
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 Xing Shao (variant character)
Xing Shao (also written with a variant character), courtesy name Zicai, came from Mo county in Hejian (now Renqiu, Hebei) and was born in 496; his death year is unknown. He served the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, rising to Director of the Secretariat and Minister of Ceremonies with the honorary rank of Special Advancement. A master of parallel prose, he was ranked with Wei Shou as Xing and Wei and with Wen Zisheng as Wen and Xing. His thirty-scroll collection was reassembled by the Ming scholar Zhang Pu as the Xing Tejin ji.
Life and times
Dates Born 496 CE; death year unknown