Xu Huobo (1563～1639)
A famous bibliophile, litterateur and bibliographer in the Ming Dynasty. The word Wei Qi and the word Xing Gong are also known as Sanshan old man, Tianganshan native, Bamboo window sick old man, pen-farming lazy farmer, Junxue Taoist, Lvyuzhai master, Duyiyuan master, Aofeng layman. His ancestral home is Houguan (now Xujia Village, Jingxi Town, Minhou County), and a native of Aofengfang, Min County (now Fuzhou, Fujian). There are three brothers, the elder Xu Xie and the younger brother Xu Zhen, who are talented scholars and are also good at literature and art. After the child examination, he gave up the imperial examination and followed his brother to compose poems, which were famous for their fresh and meaningful poems. From the 31st to the 42nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1603-1614), he abandoned the imperial examination and devoted himself to poetry creation with his elder brother. He became friends with Ye Xianggao, Weng Zhengchun, Cao Xuequan, Xie Zhaozhe, Chen Jianfu and others. Zhishe" is known as the "Zhishan School of Poetry", and Xu Huobo and Cao Xuequan are both known as the leaders of the poetry world. Xu Huobo is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting. He has never held an official position in his life, so he enjoys being in the bookstore on weekdays. During these twelve years, Xu (Huo Bo) wrote a large number of poems, "full of Yuefu, song lines and modern styles". Together with Cao Xuequan, he dominated the poetry circle in central Fujian, and was known as the "Xinggong Poetry School" by later generations. Xu (Huo Bo) was also proficient in Zen theory and was quite prestigious. Most literati, poets and monks were proud to receive his praise. Erudite and talented, he is very familiar with local documents. He has participated in the compilation of "Fuzhou Prefecture Chronicles" three times, and also compiled "Xuefeng Chronicles", "Gushan Chronicles", "Wuyi Chronicles", "Rongcheng Three Mountain Chronicles", etc. He put forward his opinion on compilation of chronicles: "With the prosperity of provincial capital figures, writing must be strict. In one state and one city, only because of the lack of documents, one cannot be strict in writing." He has conducted in-depth research on lychee planting and storage, and authored "Litchi Pu", which contains more than 100 varieties. It is as beautiful as Cai Xiang's "Lychee Pu" in the Song Dynasty and is of great scientific value.