Zhou Lianggong
Illustration — Zhou Lianggong's portrait Zhou Lianggong (1612–1672) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, essayist, and art historian who was born in Kaifeng and had long family ties to Nanjing. He passed his Jinshi degree in 1640, becoming a magistrate in Weixian, Shandong where he defended the city from attack from Manchu Qing army led by Abatai. He escaped to Beijing, but fled to Nanjing after the city was attacked by Li Zicheng's rebel forces.
Also recorded as Baoan · Liyuan Zhou · Yüan-liang Chou · Changmeigong
Zhou Lianggong
Zhou Lianggong · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · Gift of Julia and John Curtis, 2015 · Public domain (CC0, Met Open Access)
- Born
- 1612 · Kaifeng.
- Died
- 1672
- Nationality
- Qing dynasty · Ming dynasty
- Occupation
- painter · poet · calligrapher · civil servant · essayist · historian
- Fields
- Confucianism · poetry · essay · history
- Languages
- Classical Chinese · Old Mandarin · Chinese
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Illustration — Zhou Lianggong's portrait Zhou Lianggong (1612–1672) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, essayist, and art historian who was born in Kaifeng and had long family ties to Nanjing. He passed his Jinshi degree in 1640, becoming a magistrate in Weixian, Shandong where he defended the city from attack from Manchu Qing army led by Abatai. He escaped to Beijing, but fled to Nanjing after the city was attacked by Li Zicheng's rebel forces.
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Born at Kaifeng in 1612, died in 1672.
The recorded working language is Classical Chinese, Old Mandarin and Chinese. The field of work recorded is Confucianism, poetry and essay.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 173757049, Zhou, Lianggong.
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