Oct 10, 2013
China FDC on "Writers of Ancient China III"
First Day Cover
首日封
Sobrescrito de 1.º Dia
China
Writers of Ancient China III
Date of Issue : 15 September 2013
4-1 : Jia Yi (200 - 168 BC)
4-2 : Sima Xiangru (about 179 - 118 BC)
4-3 : Yang Xiong (53 BC - 18 AD)
4-4 : Ban Gu (32 - 92 AD)
The four figures shown on this set of stamps are prominent cifu writers of the Han. Cifu or fu, (sentimental or descriptive composition, often rhymed) was the most representative literary form of the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD).
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