Zhou Lianggong

Zhou Lianggong (Chinese: 周亮工; pinyin: Zhōu Liànggōng; Wade–Giles: Chou Liang-kung, 1612–1672) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, essayist, and art historian who was born in Kaifeng and had long family ties to Nanjing.

He escaped to Beijing, but fled to Nanjing after the city was attacked by Li Zicheng's rebel forces.

In 1655, he was accused of official corruption by the Governor General of Fujian and Zhejiang Tongtai and finally faced imprisonment in Fuzhou, where he edited his poetry collection Laigutang Ji (賴古堂集).

He was in jail when Koxinga's forces attacked, and he was temporarily released to lead the defense.

[2] In December 1669 he hosts a party, and over twenty Nanjing-affiliated painters and poets gathered there.