Tan Yuanchun

Tan Yuanchun was a prolific late-Ming scholar from Hubei.
Tan Yuanchun's work remains as an important resource for modern scholars. He was an influential and best-selling author critic. Tan is known as one of the "Ming masters of close textual reading".
From 1614 Tan Yuanchun collaborated with his friend Zhong Xing on a bestselling poetry anthology Gu shigui, published around 1617, in three colours, with Zhong's and Tan's comments differentiated by colour.
Tan Yuanchun's work remains as an important resource for modern scholars.