Xu Zhongxing (; 1517 – 1578) was a Chinese

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of the

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. He was one of the Latter Seven Masters. He earned the

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degree in 1550. Later he was appointed as Xingbu Zhushi (刑部主事), and became Buzhengshi (布政使) of

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. Most of his poems portrayed the beautiful landscape and social customs of various places, and expressed his homesickness. Xu's poems were strongly influenced by

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, but lack of profoundness and forcefulness.Yin Gonghong. ''Xu Zhongxing'', ''Encyclopedia of China'' (Chinese Literature Edition), 1st ed.

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