徐灿，字湘蘋，又字明霞、明深，江苏吴县（今苏州市吴中区、相城区）人。陈之遴继配。幼颖悟，通书史。陈之遴两次流徙，均曾随行。康熙十年（1671），奉旨归之遴之骨。晚年学佛，更号紫?。早年雅好吟咏，尤喜为词。被词人陈维崧誉为南宋后闺秀第一。有《拙政园诗馀》《拙政园诗集》。
徐灿·《南唐浣溪沙·十四夜》
已是华灯照绮筵，
渐添奇巧斗新悬。
明月似嫌芳景速，
不轻圆。
佳节最怜前一日，
旧欢长算几何年。
可惜金吾犹禁夜，
促游鞭。
Nantang huan xi sha:
The Night of the Fourteenth1
Xu Can
Theyve used decorated lanterns to light up damask seats;
Now wondrous touches are added, new hangings rival one another.
The bright moon seems averse to the lovely sights haste,
And doesnt readily round.
I love best the day before a festival,
Often reckoning how long past happiness did last.
Too bad the capital guards still enforce curfew,
Urging back the roving whips.
