Yang Shen
Yang • Illustration — Yang Shen, as illustrated in the Qing dynasty book《古圣贤像传略》 Yang Shen (1488–1559) was a poet in the Chinese Ming dynasty. His courtesy name was Yongxiu (用修); his art names included Sheng'an (升庵), Bonan Shanren (博南山人) and Diannan Shushi (滇南戍史). The son of Yang Tinghe and originally lived in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
Also recorded as Yongxiu · Wenxian · Shengan
Yang Shen
錢杜繪 · 《楊升庵小像》卷（局部），清，絹本，設色，縱26cm，橫34cm。 · Public domain
- Born
- 1488. · Xindu District.
- Died
- 1559.
- Nationality
- Ming dynasty
- Occupation
- poet · politician · writer
- Languages
- Chinese
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Yang • Illustration — Yang Shen, as illustrated in the Qing dynasty book《古圣贤像传略》 Yang Shen (1488–1559) was a poet in the Chinese Ming dynasty. His courtesy name was Yongxiu (用修); his art names included Sheng'an (升庵), Bonan Shanren (博南山人) and Diannan Shushi (滇南戍史). The son of Yang Tinghe and originally lived in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
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He there married Huang E, who was known for her own scholarship and became a poet. 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. Well received by the Yunnanese literati and produced a substantial amount of writing inspired by the nature and culture of that province. Particularly well known are the Linjiangxian or The Immortals by the River (臨江仙) (later known as the introductory poem to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and was employed as the lyrics of the opening theme of the namesake TV series), and his essay Roaming atop Diancang Mountain (点苍山志, Diancang Shan Zhi), inspired by a 1530 trip. He and his wife 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.
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Yang Shen was born in Xindu District.
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- 1.Chang. Chinese Women Poets: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism from Ancient Times to 1911. Stanford University Press. 172–3. 2000. 978-0804732314.
- 2.Pidhainy, Ihor. The Temples of Yunnan: Literati Travel Writing during the Jiajing Reign (1522–1567) Apr 2006
- 3.Pidhainy, Ihor. A Ming Dynasty Literatus Goes A’Wandering: Yang Shen and the Art of Pure Travel Writing in 'Roaming atop Diancang Mountain' . Ihor Pidhainy. Apr 2006
- 4.Ward, Julian. Xu Xiake (1587-1641): the Art of Travel Writing. Routledge. 15. 2001. 0-7007-1319-0.
- 5.Pidhainy, Ihor. Yang Shen and the Nature of Travel Writing. Univ. of Toronto, 2006
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