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Lu Rong
A Ming scholar-official from Kunshan, who took the jinshi degree in 1466 and wrote the miscellany Shuyuan Zaji.
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 Zi Wenliang · Hao Shizhai
Lu Rong, with the courtesy name Wenliang and the art name Shizhai, lived from 1436 to 1494 and came from Kunshan county in Suzhou prefecture. He took the jinshi degree in 1466, the second year of the Chenghua era. He served in the Ministries of Personnel (Nanjing) and of War, and later became Right Participating Administrator in the Zhejiang provincial administration. He was dismissed after clashing with powerful officials and went home. He is the author of the miscellany Shuyuan Zaji (Miscellaneous Notes from the Bean Garden), which discusses, among other things, differences in regional speech.
Life and times
- 1436Born
Ming - 1494Died