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Gong Dingzi
Gong Dingzi (龔鼎孶) (1615 – 1673) was a Chinese poet and politician. He was a famous author and Classical Chinese poet. He was also a government official serving under the MingChongzhen Emperor, the short-lived Dashun regime of peasant-rebel Li Zicheng, and then the Manchu-led Qing dynasty. Along with Wu Weiye and Qian Qianyi, Gong Dingzi was famous as one of the Three Masters of Jiangdong.