Yang Shen
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Yang Shen son of Yang Tinghe
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Yòngxiū (用修), hao Shēng'ān (升庵), also hao Bonanshanren (博南山人), Bonanshushi (博南戍史), was a poet in the Ming Dynasty
.
Yang Shen originally lived in Chengdu
in the Sichuan
province of China and there he married Huang E
, who was known for her scholarship and became a poet.
As a result of the Great rites controversy
of 1524, he was reduced to the commoner status and exiled to Yunnan
, where he spent over 30 years. His wife went to his family's house in Chengdu and took care of financial matters, the household and the raising of Yang family children, and only occasionally had time to visit him.
Yang Shen was well received by the Yunnan literati
class, and produced a substantial amount of writing inspired by the nature and culture of that province. Particularly well known is his essay, "Roaming atop Diancang Mountain" (点苍山志, Diancang Shan Zhi), inspired by his 1530 trip to Diancang Mountain near Dali City. His wife and he exchanged poems and letters. Some of the poems under her name might have been written by him as a parody on himself. In those she admonishes him for his irresponsible lifestyle, while she has to take care of his family matters.
His most famous work is probably the Linjiangxian (臨江仙), which was later added as the opening poem of later editions of the Romance of Three Kingdoms, a classic novel in China.
Yang Tinghe
Yang Tinghe , style name Jiefu, was a Grand Secretary in the Ming Dynasty under the Zhengde and Jiajing emperors...
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Chinese style name
A Chinese style name, sometimes also known as a courtesy name , is a given name to be used later in life. After 20 years of age, the zì is assigned in place of one's given name as a symbol of adulthood and respect...
Yòngxiū (用修), hao Shēng'ān (升庵), also hao Bonanshanren (博南山人), Bonanshushi (博南戍史), was a poet in the Ming Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
.
Yang Shen originally lived in Chengdu
Chengdu
Chengdu , formerly transliterated Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It holds sub-provincial administrative status...
in the Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
province of China and there he married Huang E
Huang E
Huang E was a Chinese poet of the Ming dynasty and is also known as Huang Xiumei .-Life and work:Her family's home was in Suining in Sichuan, but she often lived with her father, who was a high ranking official of the Ming court. She was known to be intelligent and she got a good education by any...
, who was known for her scholarship and became a poet.
As a result of the Great rites controversy
Great rites controversy
The Great rites controversy took place in 1524 in China.The young and newly empowered Emperor Shizong tried to posthumously give his father the title of emperor in order to legitimize his claim to the throne...
of 1524, he was reduced to the commoner status and exiled to Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
, where he spent over 30 years. His wife went to his family's house in Chengdu and took care of financial matters, the household and the raising of Yang family children, and only occasionally had time to visit him.
Yang Shen was well received by the Yunnan literati
Literati
Literati may refer to:*Intellectuals or those who read and comment on literature*The scholar-bureaucrats or literati of imperial China**Literati painting, also known as the Southern School of painting, developed by Chinese literati...
class, and produced a substantial amount of writing inspired by the nature and culture of that province. Particularly well known is his essay, "Roaming atop Diancang Mountain" (点苍山志, Diancang Shan Zhi), inspired by his 1530 trip to Diancang Mountain near Dali City. His wife and he exchanged poems and letters. Some of the poems under her name might have been written by him as a parody on himself. In those she admonishes him for his irresponsible lifestyle, while she has to take care of his family matters.
His most famous work is probably the Linjiangxian (臨江仙), which was later added as the opening poem of later editions of the Romance of Three Kingdoms, a classic novel in China.