Sima Xiangru

Sima Xiangru

▪ Chinese author
Wade-Giles romanization  Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju , courtesy name (zi)  Changqing 
born 179, Chengdu [now in Sichuan province], China
died 117 BC, Maoling [now Xingping, Shaanxi province]

      Chinese poet renowned for his fu, a form of descriptive poetry.

      Self-trained in literature and fencing, Sima Xiangru was appointed bodyguard to the Han emperor Jingdi, but soon he took a new position at the court of Prince Xiao of Liang. There he began to compose his famous fu "Zixufu" (“Master Nil”), in which two imaginary characters from rival states describe the hunts and hunting preserves of their rulers.

      After the death of Prince Xiao, Sima returned to Chengdu, where he eloped with Zhuo Wenjun, the recently widowed daughter of a wealthy man. The poet had entrusted his "Zixufu" to a friend, who had shown it to the emperor Wudi. Immediately charmed by the poem, the emperor asked Sima to write a fu on the imperial hunt. He extended his original work into a highly imaginative and successful fu, adding a third part entitled "Shanglinfu" (“Supreme Park”), which rhapsodically describes Wudi's hunting preserves. The poet was rewarded with a court post. Endowed with his wife's share of the immense family fortune, he lived in comfort while he continued to write his poetry, including "Darenfu" (“The Mighty One”), a panegyric to Wudi. Only 29 of Sima's fu and 4 prose selections survive.

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