A Study of the Contact between Chen Zao and Fan Chengda during Chen's Instruction in Wumen

A contemporary of the four renowned poets in the Southern Song Dynasty,Chen Zao had contact with Lu You,Fan Chengda,You Mao,etc.,with his friendship with Fan Chengda being the most intimate,as was mainly embodied in their poems and correspondences to each other.A study of these poems shows that they were in close contact with each other when Chen Zao was lecturing in Wumen and Fan Cheng da had retired to his hometown in his old age.Chen Zao's poems have also provided us with valuable data for understanding the position and influence of Fan Chengda in the poetic circles at that time.