Mei Dingzuo
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He was born in Xuancheng. Mei's family consisted of academics and owned a large library of their own.[1] Mei was friends with Tang Xianzu,[1] Wang Shizhen, and Wang Daokun.[2] His teacher was Jiang Qifang. Mei collected books. He would meet with his friends to share books they recently acquired.[1] He failed imperial examinations and became a full-time writer.[2] Mei's hired his own workers to create woodblocks for his books. He also published his books himself.[3]
