袁枚(1716—1798年)字子才，号随园老人。浙江钱塘(今杭州市)人。清代著名诗人、文学家。自幼聪颖，是位不寻常的才子。12岁即补秀才，与垫师史玉瓒同入县学，乾隆四年(1739)中进士，选庶吉士，入翰林院。四年后，补放江南任县令。因父丧辞官，“年甫四十即告归”。辞官致仕居 Yuan Mei (1716 - 1798) the word before, the number of elderly people with the park. Zhejiang Qiantang (now Hangzhou) people. Qing Dynasty famous poet, writer. Since childhood, is an unusual genius. Twelve years old that fill scholar, and the mathematician Shi Yucheng into the county school, Qianlong four years (1739) in jinshi, choose Shuji, into the Imperial Academy. Four years later, make up any county magistrate. Because of the father and the funeral official, “the age of forty is to return.” Resign from official home