Yuan Mei

Yuan Mei
袁枚
Yuan Mei　Portrait by Luo Ping
Born	(1716-03-25)March 25, 1716 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Died	January 3, 1798(1798-01-03) (aged 81) Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Education	jinshi degree
Occupation(s)	Painter, poet
Notable work	Suiyuan shihua Suiyuan Shidan
Relatives	Yuan Ji (sister)
Chinese name
Chinese	袁枚
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yuán Méi
Zicai
Chinese	子才
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zǐcaí
Jianzhai
Traditional Chinese	簡齋
Simplified Chinese	简斋
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǎnzhaī
Cangshan Jushi
Traditional Chinese	倉山居士
Simplified Chinese	仓山居士
Literal meaning	Mount Cang Householder
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cāngshān Jūshì
Suiyuan Zhuren
Traditional Chinese	隨園主人
Simplified Chinese	随园主人
Literal meaning	Owner of Sui Garden
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Suíyuán Zhǔrén
Suiyuan Laoren
Traditional Chinese	隨園老人
Simplified Chinese	随园老人
Literal meaning	Old Man of Sui Garden
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Suíyuán Lăorén

Yuan Mei (Chinese: 袁枚; pinyin: Yuán Méi; 1716–1797) was a Chinese poet of the Qing Dynasty. He was often mentioned with Ji Yun as the "Nan Yuan Bei Ji" (Chinese: 南袁北紀; pinyin: nányuán běijì; lit. 'Yuan of the south and Ji of the north').^[1]