Zha Shenxing (; 7 June 1650 – 25 September 1727) was a Chinese poet in the early
Qing dynasty.
Biography
Zha was born Zha Silian in 1650 in
Haining
() is a county-level city in Zhejiang Province, China, and under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing. It is in the south side of Yangtze River Delta, and in the north of Zhejiang. It is to the southwest of central Shanghai, and east of Hangzhou, the p ...
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Zhejiang. He had two younger brothers, Zha Sixun and Zha Siting. In his early years, he studied Confucian Classics under Confucianist
Huang Zongxi. At the age of 19, he became a student of Ye Boyin. At the age of 20, he began traveling around the country. In 1689, he was dismissed and sent home for involvement in the case of Hong Sheng. In 1703, he sat for the
imperial examination and obtained the position of a ''Jinshi''. He was assigned to the
Hanlin Academy and the
Southern Study. In 1727, his brother Zha Siting committed a
literary inquisition, he was also arrested.
Yongzheng Emperor knew that he was prudent and righteous, and intentionally let him return to his hometown. He died in the following year.
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1650 births
People from Haining
1727 deaths
Writers from Jiaxing
18th-century Chinese writers
17th-century Chinese writers
Qing dynasty poets