Dai Biaoyuan

Who is Dai Biaoyuan?

Dai Biaoyuan was a Chinese litterateur of Yuan Dynasty. He was able to write essays at seven, and his poems and essays were full of learned words. He obtained Jinshi during the late southern Song period, then became a Jiaoshou in Jiankang prefecture. In 1304, he was recommended as Jiaoshou of Xinzhou, but later resigned because of an illness.

Dai's poems showed his commiseration with the sufferings of the people, like his Song of Vine-gathering. His other works gave expression to his yearnings of the Zhao Song Dynasty.