(Qing Dynasty) Xu Baoshan
Qing Qianlong 56th year (1791)
Xu Baoshan
[Qing Dynasty] (about 177 AD) Living around five years ago), also known as Xiuyu and Mutang, a native of Qingpu, Jiangsu. The year of birth and death is unknown, but he was alive around the 40th year of Qianlong's reign, Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty. Qianlong Jinshi. Tired officials monitored the censor, Ding You returned and did not come back, entertaining himself with poetry and music. Being friendly with Du Gang, he wrote two novels on Southern History and Northern History for Gang, and wrote prefaces and comments on them. Gang also commented on Baoshan's Sanqu. Baoshan Yougong's Sanqu, including four volumes of "Bai Yixuan Yuefu", "Zi Yixuan Poems", "Song Ci Pu of the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties", "Jie Yao of the Five Classics", etc., have been handed down to the world.