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In the Mufu, the rebuilt palace home of the Naxi Mu family kings of Lijiang, are some paintings of the kings. Under one of these, a painting of Mu Gong, is a note that he was, among other things a poet. But in Lijiang I could find no one who knew of his poems, not could I find any book of his poems. I did find a book on the Mu kings which has a few scattered poems. I emailed my friend professor Xu Yongming at Zhejiang Daxue and he kindly sent me a number of poems including this one by Mu Gong, My thanks to professor Xu Yongming! 木公 Mù Gōng 字公恕，世襲土知府，性嗜學，於玉龍山南十里為園，枕籍經書，哦松咏月，嘗以詩質於楊慎，慎録其詩一百十有四首，名曰雪山詩選，叙而傳之。 木公恕 公恕，字恕卿，笮人，先本麥氏，洪武中歸附，賜姓，世襲麗江知府，有《雪山始音》《萬松吟卷》 《詩話》：恕卿韶年讓爵，隱於玉龍山南亭，曰翠雪塢，曰丹霞堂，曰一鏡，種桃藝竹，環以山松。又起迎仙之樓，日以吟詠為事。中年將兵却敵，功在邊隅，永陵有御書之褒，於時貴竹二宋未之或先。張禺山稱其朗潤清越，李中溪謂其得樂府音節，楊升菴許其體句俱新，寫景入繪，諸公之賞音若是。

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