Qi Junzao (; July 11, 1793 – October 22, 1866) was a Chinese politician and calligrapher. Considered one of the "four great calligraphers" of the 1800s in China, he was also a prominent poet. He later became leader of the Grand Council of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

's imperial court. Qi Juanzao was

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and had special influence in the Daoguang and Xianfeng eras. He was an exponent of the Song school of Chinese poetry.

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1793 births 1866 deaths 19th-century Chinese poets 19th-century Chinese politicians Grand Councillors of the Qing dynasty Grand secretaries of the Qing dynasty Assistant grand secretaries Royal tutors Qing dynasty calligraphers {{China-poet-stub