Xu LAN

Xu LAN

Xu LAN, whose date of birth and death is unknown, lived in Kangxi and Yongzheng periods. The word Fen if, Zhixian, Jiangsu Changshu people. He studied poetry from Wang Shizhen. His style is close to Li He's. He is good at painting flowers and figures. His lines are vivid and famous for a time. When he was 20 years old, he traveled to the capital and only returned to his hometown once in decades.

Life of the characters

In the 35th year of Kangxi's reign (1696), Bingzi went to geerdan in Mobei with the emperor, from Juyongguan to Guihua city. Along the way, he wrote a poem "out of Juyongguan": "by the mountain overlooking the sea, the ancient border state, the shadow wind, you can see the garrison tower. The peach blossom behind the horse and the snow in front of the horse, they won't look back after going through the customs? " Later, he lived in Tongzhou. In his later years, he was friendly with Cha Weiren.

Character evaluation

Wang Yingkui spoke highly of him, saying that "Shen Fangzhou and my friend Wang Xijing discussed the recent Yushan poets, with fenruo as the first.". Zhu Tingzhen said that "Xu Zhixian's poems outside the great wall are unique in scenery, language and talent, and stand out among Zhaowen poets. His frontier fortress poems can be described as a unique skill, which is not easy.

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