Chronicle of Qia Jizuo Chronicle of Qia Shenxing

Author: Shen Qi
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Publication Date: 1992-07-01
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"The Chronology of Zhai Jizuo" is a chronology originally titled "The Chronology of Mr. Zhai Dongshan," compiled by Shen Qi of the Qing Dynasty, with annotations by Zhang Tao and Zhai Guxuan. Zhai Jizuo was a renowned scholar during the late Ming and early Qing periods. His original name was Zhai Yiyou, which was mistakenly written as Zhai Zuo on the examination papers. He kept the name as it was. He styled himself Youqi and was also known as Jingxiuzi. He signed his paintings and calligraphy as Daoshi or Daoyu. After the Qing Dynasty was established, he changed his name to Sheng and his courtesy name to Busheng.
"The Chronology of Zhai Shenxing" is a chronology originally titled "The Chronology of Mr. Zhai Tashan" (or "The Chronology of Mr. Chu Xiaozhe"), one volume, compiled by Chen Jingzhang of the Qing Dynasty. Zhai Shenxing was a famous poet of the Qing Dynasty. His original name was Siilian, courtesy name Xiazhong, and he changed his name to Shenxing at the age of ten, with the courtesy name Huixu, and styled himself Tashan, also known as Zhai Tian. In his later years, he built Chubai An to live in, and scholars sometimes referred to him as Chubai. He was from Haining, Zhejiang. The master passed away in the Gengyin year (1650) of the Shunzhi reign (the seventh year of Shunzhi's reign), and died in the Dingwei year (1727) of the Yongzheng reign, at the age of seventy-eight.