Chen Zilong (1608-1647) was an official and writer in the late Ming Dynasty. His initial name was Jie, with the courtesy names Wozi, Maozhong, and Renzhong, and his nicknames were Dazun, Haishi, and Yifu. Han nationality, from Huating, Songjiang, South Zhili (now Songjiang, Shanghai). He was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen. He once served as a promotion official in Shaoxing. He promoted the military department to Shizhong based on his merits. He was ordered to die in Ming Dynasty. When the Qing troops fell in Nanjing, he contacted Taihu people's armed organizations to carry out anti-Qing activities. After the defeat, he was arrested and drowned himself. He was an important writer in the late Ming Dynasty, with high achievements in poetry. His poetry style may be tragic and desolate, full of national integrity; it may be elegant and gorgeous; or it may combine the two styles into one. He is good at Qilu, Qiyan Songxing and Qijue, and is recognized as the "Leader of Ming Dynasty Poetry". Chen Zilong is also a poet, a famous poet of Wanyue Ci and the leader of the Yunjian Ci School. He is praised as "the first poet of the Ming Dynasty" by many famous ci critics in later generations.
