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Zhang Lun
Southern Song lyricist from Kaifeng styled Lianshe Jushi, author of the one-chapter collection Lianshe Ci; his Lantern Festival lyric to Zhuying Yaohong is in Three Hundred Song Lyrics.
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 Caifu · Courtesy name also written with a variant character · Style name Lianshe Jushi
Zhang Lun, courtesy name Caifu and self-styled Lianshe Jushi, came from Kaifeng. One of the elders who had come south with the court, he served with Zeng Di in charge of the Office of Audiences, held the titles of surveillance commissioner of Lizhou and military commissioner, served as judicial intendant, and was twice prefect of Chizhou, in 1170 to 1171 and 1173 to 1175. His one-chapter lyric collection Lianshe Ci is listed in Zhizhai Shulu Jieti, and he also wrote Shaoxing Guqi Ping, a commentary on ancient bronzes. Three Hundred Song Lyrics includes his Zhuying Yaohong written at the Lantern Festival. His dates are unknown.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; an elder who came south with the Song court, twice prefect of Chizhou between 1170 and 1175