Qi Junzao
Qing dynasty official and calligrapher
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| Intro | Qing dynasty official and calligrapher | ||||
| Places | China | ||||
| was | Politician Poet Calligrapher | ||||
| Work field | Arts Creativity Literature Politics | ||||
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| Birth | 1793, Shouyang County, Jinzhong, Shanxi, People's Republic of China | ||||
| Death | 1866 (aged 73 years) | ||||
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Qi Junzao (Chinese: 祁寯藻; July 11, 1793–October 22, 1866) was a Chinese politician and calligrapher. Considered one of the "four great calligraphers" of the 1800s in China, he was also a prominent poet. He later became leader of the Grand Council of the Qing dynasty's imperial court.
Qi Juanzao was Han Chinese and had special influence in the Daoguang and Xianfeng eras. He was an exponent of the Song school of Chinese poetry.
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- Arthur W. Hummel Sr.: Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period, Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1943, vol. I, s. 125–126.