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Kang Hai (1475‒1540), style name Duishan, a native of Wugong, Shaanxi Province, was a poet, dramatist, and prose writer. In the Chinese literary world he was known as one of the Seven Early Masters of Chinese Literature. After achieving his jin shi degree in 1502, Kang Hai entered the Hanlin Academy as a first-class compiler. His poems and essays were published during the Jiajing and Wanli reigns (1522‒66 and 1673‒1620), and he was particularly famed for his san qu (song poetry). He retired in 1508, officially at ...