Gong Dingzi

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Gong Dingzi (龔鼎孶) (1615–1673) was a famous author and poet in Classical Chinese poetry. He was also a government official serving under the Ming Chongzhen Emperor, the short-lived Dashun regime of peasant-rebel Li Zicheng, and then the Manchu Qing Dynasty.^[1] Along with Wu Weiye and Qian Qianyi, Gong Dingzi was famous as one of the Three Masters of Jiangdong.^[2]

Biography

Passing the Imperial Civil Service Examinations for the Jiangnan Region as a top candidate in 1641, Gong Dingzi was posted to the capital city Beijing.^[3] On his way, he met his future bride, Gu Mei, who was one of the famous courtesans of the Qinhuai River district of Jiankang (modern Nanjing). By 1642, Gong was serving in the government administration in Beijing, where his impeachments of government ministers and criticism of imperial policies angered the Chongzhen Emperor, who had him imprisoned, in horrible circumstances. Released in early Spring, 1644, he was reunited with Gu Mei. Shortly afterwards the capital was first sacked by the peasant army lead by Li Zicheng, and then seized by the Manchu forces which poured in through the Shanhai Pass and proceeded to establish the Qing Dynasty. Throughout this, Gong Dingzi managed to keep up his literary creativity.

Works

Among other works, Gong Dingzi's White Willow Gate (Baimen liu) collection of ci (song lyric) poetry survives.

Notes

↑ Zhang, 76
↑ Zhang, 71
↑ Zhang, 72

References

Zhang, Hongsheng (2002). "Gong Dingzi and the Courtesan Gu Mei: Their Romance and the Revival of the Song Lyric in the Ming-Qing Transition", in Hsiang Lectures on Chinese Poetry, Volume 2, Grace S. Fong, editor. (Montreal: Center for East Asian Research, McGill University).

v t e Chinese poetry

Major periods	Classical Chinese poetry Modern Chinese poetry

By dynasty	Han poetry Jian'an poetry Six Dynasties poetry Tang poetry Song poetry Yuan poetry Ming poetry Qing poetry

Poetry works and collections	Classic of Poetry Chuci New Songs from the Jade Terrace Nineteen Old Poems Quantangshi 300 Tang poems Wangchuan ji Wen Xuan Zhuying ji

Major forms	ci fu shi qu yuefu

Persondata
Name	Gong, Dingzi
Alternative names
Short description	Poet and Chinese politician
Date of birth	1615
Place of birth
Date of death	1673
Place of death

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Gong Dingzi

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