Ou Daren

Ou Daren
Traditional Chinese	歐大任
Simplified Chinese	欧大任
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ōu Dàrèn
Zhenbo (courtesy name)
Traditional Chinese	楨伯
Simplified Chinese	桢伯
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhēnbó
Lunshan (art name)
Traditional Chinese	崙山
Simplified Chinese	仑山
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lúnshān

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ou.

Ou Daren (1516–1596) was a Ming Dynasty scholar. He was a native of Chencun (陳村), Shunde in Guangdong province. Becoming an official with the Second-Degree Scholars (優貢), he was appointed at posts such as Assistant of the Imperial College (國子監助教), Officer in Ministry of Work Affairs in Nanjing (南京工部虞衡郎中), etc. He was famous for his poetry, and was one of "The Latter Five Poets of the Southern Garden" (南园后五子), along with Liang Youyu, Li Minbiao, Wu Dan and Li Shixing. His famous works are the Collected Works of Ou Yubu (歐虞部集) and the Biographies of Virtuous Ancestors of Bai Yue (百越先賢志).

External links

"Shunde Government: Cultural Personages". Archived from the original on 2007-12-06.

"Just a Poem: The Story of "Xian Hua Si" in Cultural Encounter". by Zhang Xianqing - biographical data on Ou Daren