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Most prominent among the Seven Sages was the free-thinking, eccentric, and highly skilled poet Ruan Ji. Xiang Xiu wrote Sijiufu (“Reminiscence”) and, with Guo Xiang, a Neo-Daoist contemporary, the Zhuangzizhu, a famous commentary on the works of the early Daoist philosopher Zhuangzi. The other members of the group were the poet Liu Ling, the musician Ruan...
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