From: Poems in the Garden
About the author: Yuan Mei (1765438+March 25th, 2006 ~179865438+1October 3rd), a gifted scholar, was named Jian Zhai. In his later years, he was named Cangshan lay man, Suiyuan master and Suiyuan old man. Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) was born in Cixi, Zhejiang. Poet, essayist, literary critic and gourmet in Qing Dynasty.
Yuan Mei is not talented and good at writing poems. After four years of Qianlong (1739), he was born as a scholar and was awarded Jishi Shu by the Academy of Academician. In the seventh year of Qianlong (1742), he was transferred to Jiangsu and served as county magistrate in Lishui, Jiangning, Jiangpu and Shuyang for seven years. He is well-known and diligent as an official, but his official career is not smooth and he has no intention of collecting money.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuan Mei