The Fourth Young Master of Jinling’s Maoxiang

(AD 1611-1693), named Pijiang, nicknamed Chao Min, No. 1 Pu'an, also known as Pu Chao, privately named Mr. Qianxiao, a litterateur in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. He was born in a family of officials in Rugao City. When he was young, he studied with his grandfather in the office. At the age of 14, he published a collection of poems "Xiangli Garden Occasionally Exists". Dong Qichang, a literary giant, compared him to Wang Bo in the early Tang Dynasty and hoped that he would "embellish the poetry of the prosperous Ming Dynasty". The scenery of literature".

He wrote 8 volumes of "Collected Poems of Chao Min", 6 volumes of "Collected Works", 1 volume of "Reminiscences of Yingmei'an", and compiled 12 volumes of "Collection of Fans".

Attached to the "Manuscript of the History of the Qing Dynasty" are the 288 biographies of Maoxiang: Maoxiang, whose courtesy name was Bijiang, also known as Chaomin, was from Rugao. His father founded the clan and became the deputy envoy of the Ming Dynasty. Xiang was able to write poems at the age of ten, and Dong Qichang wrote the preface. Chongzhen Renwu deputy list Gongsheng was appointed as a recommendation officer, but he behaved in a disorderly manner and could not come out. Together with Tongcheng Fang Yizhi, Yixing Chen Zhenhui, and Shangqiu Hou Fangyu, they are also known as the "Four Young Masters". The young man in Xiang is full of arrogance and talent, and he is especially able to impress people. After tasting the wine, I went to Taoye Crossing to meet the six gentlemen and all the orphans. At that time, celebrities gathered together. Drunk, he often sings wild and sad songs, and he is in Huaining and Ruan Dacheng. Dacheng is also dying of the party. At that time, among all the singing and dancing groups in Jinling, Huaining was the most popular, and the lyrics were all outstanding. Dacheng wanted to make friends with other people in the society, and asked the singers to come. He would scold and praise the singer for his good deeds, but Dacheng would feel resentful after hearing about it. The Jiashen party was imprisoned, and Xiang Lai was spared. The family has a garden, a pavilion, and a pavilion. It welcomes guests and welcomes guests. It leads to endless days. The family has fallen into this state, and it feels joyful and has no regrets. Since Xiang lived in seclusion, his reputation became more and more prosperous. Governors and governors are recommended by supervising the army, and censors are recommended by talents. They are all recommended by relatives. During the reign of Kangxi, he was recommended by his secluded mountains and forests and his erudition, but it was not enough. His writings are very rich and he is well-known in the world, including the Huilu of his ancestors, a collection of poems and essays by teachers and friends over the past sixty years, a collection of Pu Chao's poems and essays, and a collection of poems and essays on Shuihuiyuan. His calligraphy is exquisite, and he likes to write "Baida" characters, which are treasured by everyone. He died in the thirty-second year of Kangxi's reign at the age of eighty-three. His posthumous title is Mr. Qianxiao. Maoxiang wrote quite a lot in his life, including "Records of the Past", "Pu Chao's Poems and Essays", "Shuihuiyuan Poems and Essays", "Yingmei'an Reminiscences", "Hanbi Gu Yin" and "Sixty Years". "Collection of Poems and Essays by Teachers and Friends of the Year" and so on. Among them, "Yingmei'an Yiyu" has 4,000 words, recalling the lingering and pathos love life between him and Dong Xiaoyuan, and is the originator of Chinese style writing.