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Yuan Hongdao -LRB- , 1568 -- 1610 -RRB- was a Chinese poet of the Ming Dynasty , and one of the Three Yuan Brothers , along with his brothers Yuan Zongdao and Yuan Zhongdao .. Chinese poet. Chinese poet. Ming Dynasty. Ming Dynasty. Three Yuan Brothers. Three Yuan Brothers. Yuan Zongdao. Yuan Zongdao. Yuan Zhongdao. Yuan Zhongdao. His life spanned nearly the whole of the Wanli period -LRB- 1573-1620 -RRB- in Chinese history .. Wanli. Wanli Emperor. Yuan was from Gong ` an in Hukuang .. His family had been military officials for generations .. Yuan showed an interest in literature from youth and formed his own literary club at age fifteen .. At the age of twenty-four in 1592 he took the chin-shih examination and subsequently received an official position in 1595 .. chin-shih examination. chin-shih examination. However he quit out of boredom after a year .. Yuan traveled and consulted with the radical philosopher Li Zhi .. Li Zhi. Li Zhi ( philosopher ). On another trip his brothers joined him .. Hu 's elder brother was a Buddhist-Confucianist synchronist .. His travels resulted in his publishing a poetry compilation Jietuo ji -LSB- Collection of One Released -RSB- .. Jietuo ji. Jietuo ji. His and his two brothers ' poetry , which focused on clarity and sincerity , produced a following eventually known as the Gong ` an school , the central belief of which was that good writing was a result of genuine emotions and personal experience .. When one of his brothers died in 1600 , Yuan retired to a small island in a lake to meditate and write poetry .. The resulting work is Xiaobi tangji -LSB- Jade-Green Bamboo Hall Collection -RSB- .. Xiaobi tangji. Xiaobi tangji