乾嘉三大家

qián jiā sān dà jiā

the three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed personal expression and innovation in Qing poetry: Yuan Mei 袁枚[Yuan2 Mei2], Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨[Jiang3 Shi4 quan2] and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼[Zhao4 Yi4]

乾

qián

variant of 乾[qian2]

嘉

jiā

excellent

三

sān

three

大

dà

big; large; great

家

jiā

home