Xu Gan
Xu Gan

Xu Gan (Chinese: 徐幹, pinyin Xú Gàn, 171 – March or April 218?), courtesy name Weichang (偉長), was a Chinese philosopher and poet of the late Eastern Han dynasty. He was also one of the "Seven Scholars of Jian'an".

Xu Gan Famous Poems

    • ○ Boudoir Thoughts (室思诗)
      "Among his 3 extant poems,the 6 stanzas of Boudoir Thoughts are the most famous,for they constitute the earliest example of bou-doir poems in Chinese literary history."
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