Tan Yuanchun (譚元春/谭元春, 1586-1637) was a prolific late-Ming scholar from Hubei.
[1][2] Tan Yuanchun's work remains as an important resource for modern scholars.
[1] Tan is known as one of the "Ming masters of close textual reading".
[4] From 1614 Tan Yuanchun collaborated with his friend Zhong Xing on a bestselling poetry anthology Gu shigui (Models of ancient poetry), published around 1617, in three colours, with Zhong's and Tan's comments differentiated by colour.
[1][5] Tan Yuanchun's work remains as an important resource for modern scholars.