Qu You £¦ö 1341?-1427

Qu was born into a learned family and became famous for his talents in poetry at an early age. During the Yongle ¥Ã¼Ö reign, however, he was sent into a ten-year exile for a poem he had written, which brought an unfortunate pause to his career as a government official. Prolific poet and novelist though he was, much of his work did not survive; yet, the influence of his collection of short stories, Jiandeng xinhua °Å¿O·s¸Ü [New stories told by the trimmed lamp], has extended to as far as Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.

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