Gui Youguang
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Gui Youguang.
(1506–1571), also known as Gui Zhenchuan(simplified chinese:归震川), Xi Fu(熙甫), Kai Fu(开甫), Xiang Jisheng(项脊生), was a Chinese proser of Ming Dynasty
. His prose creation was highly spoken of. People of his time regarded him as “today’s Ouyang Xiu
(欧阳修)”, and the later generations praised his proses as “the best proses in Ming Dynasty”(明文第一).His works include Xiang Ji Xuan Zhi(项脊轩志), Sanwu Shuili Lu(三吴水利录), Zhenchuan Wen Ji(震川文集), Guan Li(冠礼), Zong Fa(宗法) and some other proses and books.
(1506–1571), also known as Gui Zhenchuan(simplified chinese:归震川), Xi Fu(熙甫), Kai Fu(开甫), Xiang Jisheng(项脊生), was a Chinese proser of Ming Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
. His prose creation was highly spoken of. People of his time regarded him as “today’s Ouyang Xiu
Ouyang Xiu
Ouyang Xiu was a Chinese statesman, historian, essayist and poet of the Song Dynasty. He is also known by his courtesy name of Yongshu, and was also self nicknamed The Old Drunkard 醉翁, or Householder of the One of Six 六一居士 in his old age...
(欧阳修)”, and the later generations praised his proses as “the best proses in Ming Dynasty”(明文第一).His works include Xiang Ji Xuan Zhi(项脊轩志), Sanwu Shuili Lu(三吴水利录), Zhenchuan Wen Ji(震川文集), Guan Li(冠礼), Zong Fa(宗法) and some other proses and books.