Zhang Dai (1597101October 5-1689? ), Aweicheng, also known as Shigong, was named, Tao An Old Man, Diean Old Man, Gujian Old Man, Gujian Old Man, Gujian Old Man and Gujian Diean Old Man. In his later years, he was a layman. His ancestral home was Yin Shan, Zhejiang (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) and Mianzhu, Sichuan (hence the name "Shu people"). He was a historian and writer in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Zhang Dai was born in an official family. Suffering from phlegm disease in his early years, he lived in his grandfather's home for illness. Because of his intelligence and kindness, he was called "Jiang Yan today" by his uncle Tao Chongdao, and proposed that "painting with poetry is not good; Taking poetry as poetry, poetry will be bad ",etc.; "During the apocalypse, in the early years of Chongzhen, he wandered freely and wrote many poems. In the eighth year of Chongzhen (1635), he took the provincial examination, but failed to be admitted to the official position because of incompetence; After the death of Ming Chengzu, he lived in seclusion in Siming Mountain to avoid the mutiny. He persisted in poverty and devoted himself to writing, including "Tao An's Dream" and "The Book of Stone Chambers". Kangxi four years (1665), wrote an epitaph for himself, the year of birth and death; He died in the 28th year of Kangxi (1689) at the age of 93 and was buried in Yinshan.