Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Poet

Zuo Si 左思

Attested AD 270 - AD 300

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zuo Si was a Poet.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 270 to AD 300 左思《招隱詩》
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 229

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passage 229

Works and attributed material

Summoning the Recluse 招隱詩
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 229

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 229

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 1 passage

嘗居山陰，夜雪初霽，月色清朗，四望皓然，獨酌酒詠左思《招隱詩》，忽憶戴逵。 While living in Shanyin he saw snow stop one night under a clear moon until the world gleamed white. He drank alone and recited Zuo Si's 《Summoning the Recluse》, and suddenly thought of Dai Kui.