Yuan Mei (1765438+March 25, 2006-179865438+1October 3), with the word zicai,No. Jianzhai, and in his later years,No. Cangshan lay man, Suiyuan master and Suiyuan old man. Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) was born in Cixi, Zhejiang. He was a representative poet, essayist, literary critic and gourmet in Ganjia period of Qing Dynasty.

On the second day of March in the fifty-fifth year of Kangxi? [2]? (1765438+March 25, 2006), born as a man, with little talent, is good at writing poems.

After four years in Qianlong (1739), 24-year-old Yuan Mei took the imperial examination and won the fifth place. With the help of Yin Jishan who took the exam, he chose Jishi Shu, imperial academy.

In the seventh year of Qianlong (1742), he was transferred to the official position and served as a magistrate in Shuyang (1743-1745), Jiangning and Shangyuan. He implemented the legal system and did not shy away from dignitaries as their agents, which made him quite successful and won the appreciation of then Governor Yin Jishan.

On November 17th, the second year of Jiaqing (1798 65438+ the third day of October), Yuan Mei died at the age of 82 and was buried in Baibupo, Nanjing. ?

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Yuan Mei advocated the theory of "spirit of nature", which was called "three masters of Ganjia" together with Zhao Yi and Jiang Shiquan, and "three masters of spirit of nature" together with Zhao Yi and Zhang Wentao, and was one of the "eight masters of parallel prose in Qing Dynasty". The style of writing is the same as that of Ji Yun, a great scholar in Zhili, and he is called "Southern Yuan and Northern Ji".

The main works handed down from generation to generation include Xiao Cang Shan Fang Ji, Poems with the Garden, Addendum, Menu with the Garden, Midday Rain, Continued Rain and so on. The masterpiece of prose "Salute to Sister" is sincere and has a long history. Classical Chinese critics compare it with Han Yu's Ode to Twelve Lang in Tang Dynasty.

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