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Liang Hong (Eastern Han)
Eastern Han recluse and poet from Pingling in Fufeng, courtesy name Boluan, who wrote the Wu yi ge mocking the capital's palaces and later hid in Wu.
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 Boluan
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Liang Hong, courtesy name Boluan, was from Pingling in Fufeng and was born around 26 CE; his death year is unknown. Orphaned young and poor, he studied at the Imperial Academy, read widely but wrote nothing, and afterwards herded pigs in the Shanglin park. He married Meng Guang of his county, and the couple lived as recluses on Mount Ba, farming, weaving, reciting poetry and playing the zither. Passing the capital in 80, he saw its lavish palaces and wrote the Wu yi ge in mockery, was sought for arrest, changed his name and fled south to Wu, working for Gao Botong, the setting of the 'raising the tray to the eyebrows' tale. Three poems survive.
Life and times
Dates Born c. 26 CE; death unknown; wrote the Wu yi ge c. 80 CE