Dai Biaoyuan (; 1244–1310) was a Chinese

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of the early

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. He was able to write essays at seven, and his poems and essays were full of learned words. He obtained the

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degree during the late

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period, then became a jiaoshou (professor, 教授) in

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prefecture (建康府). In 1304, he was recommended as jiaoshou of

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(信州), but later resigned because of an illness. Dai's poems showed his commiseration with the sufferings of the people, like his ''Song of Vine-gathering'' (采藤行). His other works gave expression to his yearnings of the vanquished

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.Fan Ning. ''Dai Biaoyuan'', ''Encyclopedia of China'' (Chinese Literature Edition), 1st ed.

English translations

*Pgs. 15–20 in ''The Columbia Book of Later Chinese Poetry (1279-1911)'', by Jonathan Chaves, Columbia University Press (1986), (note: his name is given in the

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romanization as "Tai Piao-yuan".)

References

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