Dai Xi

His sobriquet was Chunshi (醇士) or 'Pure-Minded Scholar' and his pen name was Yu'an (榆庵) or 'Elm Retreat', among others.

[1] Dai Xi was a native of Qiantang (钱塘) near the cultural center of Hangzhou, although he spent many years in Guangzhou.

Dai joined in the defense of the city and later committed suicide there by drowning himself in a pond.

His works include a generous mixture of genre subjects such as plants and humans.

Dai was also an avid coin collector, publishing a three-volume (卷) work on the subject, Guchuan zonghua (古泉丛话).