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Zhao Mingcheng (, courtesy name Défǔ (德甫) or Défù (德父) (1081–1129) was a Chinese writer, scholar-official, and epigrapher of the Song Dynasty, husband to the leading female poet Li Qingzhao of the time. His 30-volume magnum opus ''Jīn Shí Lù'' (金石錄) has long been hailed as an important work in the development of Chinese epigraphy since its publication. ==Biography== Zhao Mingcheng was born in Zhucheng, Shandong in an affluent scholar-official family. He was the third son of civil servant Zhao Tingzhi (趙挺之), who served as a prime minister (尚書右仆射) during the reign of Song Huizong. Zhao spent most of his youth in the capital Bianjing (modern day Kaifeng), where he entered the royal Taixue academy to study the classics. In 1101 he met then 18-year-old Li Qingzhao and the two quickly fell in love. Their marriage was hailed among the literati. The couple shared strong interest in art collection and epigraphy and avowed to collect as many antiquities as possible for the sake of future research.〔Li Qingzhao, "Jin Shi Lu houxu."〕 Zhao Mingcheng started his civil service career in 1103, but was quickly involved in an imperial court power struggle between his father and the infamous politician Cai Jing. In 1107 he was arrested and brought to court by his political rivals but his case was soon closed for lack of evidence. After this episode he returned to his hometown of Zhucheng and started to focus on his systematic study of antiquities. Zhao assumed a series of local governmental jobs in different areas. After the Jingkang Incident of the Jin–Song wars, worried by the approaching Jurchen army, the couple was forced to flee to the South and forsake most of their collection and research notes at Zhucheng. They started their journey to the South with 15 carts of their most cherished items and books. Most of the collection was lost during the chaotic voyage. Later the couple learned that their collection at Zhucheng was burned by the invaders, which was a devastating blow to Zhao and Li. Zhao was appointed in late 1128 as the magistrate for Huzhou and decided to go by himself first, leaving Li to take care of their surviving collection. When asked by Li about how to handle their collection should there be another Jurchens attack, Zhao told her to "discard furniture, then clothes, then books and scrolls, then antiques" and to "carry the most treasured items with you" so "you can live or die with them together." He was infected with dysentery on his way to Huzhou and was forced to stay at a Hangzhou inn. When Li found him he was about to die. On September 3, 1129, Zhao asked for a writing brush to compose his last poem and subsequently died.〔"途中奔驰，冒大暑，感疾，至行在，病痁。七月末，书报卧病。余惊怛，念侯性素急，奈何病痁，或热，必服塞药，疾可忧。……比至，果大服柴胡黄芩药，瘧且痢，病危在膏肓。……八月十八日,遂不起. 取筆作詩，絕筆而終， 殊無分香賣屨之意." Li〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zhao Mingcheng」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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