Chen Baisha (

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: Chan4 baak6 saa1; Chinese traditional: 陳白沙／陳獻章)(1428–1500) is a

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scholar, poet, and calligrapher, during the

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. He was born in

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and was considered to be the first scholar to come out from Xinhui and

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

. As early as 1464, when Chen was teaching in Baisha, Guangdong, his scholarship was already highly regarded. In 1466, at the age of thirty-nine, Chen travelled to

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and re-entered the National Academy. He was praised by Xing Rang and started a new trend of teaching. When Chen Baisha died in 1500, he left behind a distinguished line of students, many of whom by then were holding high office. Among them, Liang Chu and

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were senior officials, and Huang Zuo, besides being a senior official.Emperor and ancestor: state and lineage in South China
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