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Mei Yaochen 梅堯臣

Mei Yaochen (1002 - 1060),1 style name 聖俞 Shengyu, was one of the Song dynasty's most influential writers.

Some of his qin related writings are in Qinshu Daquan. See in particular

Folio 18, #13 (V. p.391)
Folio 20A, #44 - 47 (four entries, V. p.446),
Folio 20B, #47 (V. p.454) and
Folio 20B, #55 (V. p.455)

For a poem by Ouyang Xiu about Mei Yaochen see Qinshu Daquan, Folio 18, #85 (V. p.415).

More to be added.

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1 References:

Nienhauser, Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, p.620.
Jonathan Chaves, Mei Yao-ch'en and the Developent of Early Sung Poetry, NY, Columbia University Press, 1976.
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