Yuan Hongdao was a scholar-official and one of the greatest Chinese poets and littérateurs of the Ming Dynasty. He is also a well known author on Pure Land Buddhism.
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!["An Elegant Gathering" by Chen Hongshou. This work depicts the first public presentation of Yuan's Xīfāng hélùn.[3] Yuan Hongdao is depicted on the far left next to a tree.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/An_Elegant_Gathering%2C_by_Chen_Hongshou.jpg/1280px-An_Elegant_Gathering%2C_by_Chen_Hongshou.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Writers born in the 1560s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1568 to 1610 · aged 42
Written about in
10 languages
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