Ruan Ji Biography | Poet

Ruan Ji (Chinese : ; pinyin : Ruan Jí ; Wade–Giles : Juan Chi; 210–263) was a poet and musician who lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. He was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. The guqin melody, Jiukuang ("Drunken Ecstasy", or "Wine Mad") is believed to have been composed by him.