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He Zilang
Liang poet, courtesy name Shiming, from Tan in Donghai, who died at twenty-four; one of the 'Three Hes of Donghai', author of the Rhapsody on a Ruined Tomb.
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 Shiming
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
He Zilang, courtesy name Shiming, was from Tan in Donghai and lived under the Liang; his dates are unknown. Talented from youth and a gifted conversationalist, he won the admiration of Zhou She. With He Sicheng and He Xun he was known as one of the 'Three Hes of Donghai', and people said Zilang had the most. His Rhapsody on a Ruined Tomb, modelled on Zhuangzi's story of the horse's whip, is ornate. He rose to supernumerary cavalier attendant, served as magistrate of Guoshan, and died at twenty-four.
Life and times
- UnknownBorn
Northern and Southerndied at twenty-four, active under the Liang - UnknownDied
Works
Literature · Poetry3- In the Style of XieNorthern and SouthernHe Zilang, in Xie's manner: a beauty at her zither resents a lover's needless coldness
- In Reply to Secretary Yu Qian's Poem in the Old MannerNorthern and SouthernHe Zilang answers Yu Qian: a spring beauty at her mirror waits for her husband's return
- In Reply to Young Master Miao's 'Watching the Moon'Northern and SouthernHe Zilang answers Miao: a crescent moon in a clear pool, a loved one far away