夏春锦

Xia Chunjin is a Chinese writer whose works span a fairly wide range of subjects. Public information about him is limited, and no systematic account of his life has yet appeared. Judging from the seven titles held in the collection, his writing falls roughly into two directions. The first consists of chronicles and biographies centered on modern writers and scholars, such as the chronological account and the memoir and commentary volumes on Mu Xin, and the co-compiled chronicle of Mu Xin and Lu Yao. The second is the selection and annotation of classical poetry, such as the anthology of famous Tang and Song ci poets associated with Zhu Shenghao and Song Qingru. He has also written a biography of Bao Tingbo and other works such as Moonlight Slanting. Overall, his writing emphasizes documentary organization and the verification of biographical traces, in a plain and restrained style, and is suited to readers interested in modern literary figures and classical poetry.