Gong Xian

[1] He was also known as Qixian(岂贤), Banqian(半千), Banmu(半亩) and Yeyi(野遗); Chaizhangren(柴丈人) and Zhongshanyelao(钟山野老).

He enjoyed equal popularity with the poet and calligrapher Lu Qian in the early Qing Dynasty.

They were called "Two Ban of the World" (天下二半), (Gong Xian: Banqian; Lu Qian, Banyin).

[4] The word "Qingliangshan" on the stone plaque in the middle of the gate of Soyelou was written by Gong Xian.

Regarding the origin of the name of the Saoye Tower, there are historical records in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.