Zhong Xing (1574-1625) was a late-Ming scholar. "He never rose beyond a minor official position but was a best-selling critic of poetry." He became the founder of the Jingling school of poetry, which valued originality over imitation. From 1614 Zhong collaborated with his friend

Tan Yuanchun Tan Yuanchun (譚元春/谭元春, 1586-1637) was a prolific late-Ming scholar from Hubei. Tan Yuanchun's work remains as an important resource for modern scholars. He was an influential and best-selling author critic. Tan is known as one of the "M ...

on a bestselling poetry anthology ''Gu shigui'' odels of ancient poetry published around 1617 in three colours, with Zhong's and Tan's comments differentiated by colour. He also published notes on history (''Shihuai'', The memory of history) in seventeen juan, and edited a 1620 anthology of Su Shi's writings. He is credited with the editorship of the ''Mingyuan shigui'' oetic retrospective of famous ladies c. 1626, a comprehensive anthology of women writers.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhong Xing 1574 births 1625 deaths Ming dynasty poets People from Tianmen Poets from Hubei