He came from
邵武 in Fujian, never held office, and called himself
沧浪逋客, 'the runaway of Canglang'. His treatise held up the poets of the high Tang, above all
李白 and
杜甫, as the model, and attacked Song poets such as
苏轼 and
黄庭坚 for making poems out of learning and argument.
