Ji Kang
Chinese writer, poet, philosopher, musician and alchemist
- Lived
- 223–262
- Country
- China
Updated September 2026
About Ji Kang
Ji Kang, sometimes referred to as Xi Kang, courtesy name Shuye (叔夜), was a Chinese composer, essayist, philosopher, and poet of the Three Kingdoms period. He was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove who held aloof from the dangerous politics of third-century China to devote themselves to art and refinement.
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