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Pingshan Hall is the name of the studio of Liu Yingbin (1588‒1660), a native of Yishui, Shandong Province. Liu received his jin shi degree in 1613. During the tumultuous years of the late Ming and early Qing, he served as an official at the Ministry of Personnel and the Office of Transmission and was a circuit inspector in various counties. In 1646 he petitioned to retire while serving as circuit inspector in Anhui. He settled in Yangzhou for ten years and wrote poetry, before returning to his hometown in ...