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Yan Guang
Yan Guang (, 1–75 AD), courtesy name Ziling ( zh, 子陵), also known as Zhuang Guang (), was one of the four important sages of Yuyao. Study He became a scholar and studied together with Emperor Liu Xiu (courtesy name: Wenshu), known as Emperor Guangwu of Han. Legacy Liu Xiu offered Yan Ziling a high position in the court. Yan refused the offer, fearing he would become corrupt, and chose to live as a hermit in the mountains. This act made Yan Ziling a famous Chinese hero and gave him a place in the Wu Shuang Pu (, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang. The images and poems for this book are widely spread and reused over again, including in porcelain art In popular culture * Yan Ziling is portrayed by Ma Tianyu in the 2016 Chinese drama '' Singing All Along''. Notes and references Legendary Chinese people 1st-century Chinese people Chinese scholars Chinese hermits AD 1 births 75 deaths Year of birth uncertain {{China-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Zi Ling, WuShuangPu (1694, 1996)
Yan may refer to: Chinese states * Yan (state) (11th century – 222 BC), a major state in northern China during the Zhou dynasty * Yan (Han dynasty kingdom), first appearing in 206 BC * Yan (Three Kingdoms kingdom), officially claimed independence in 237 but considered to have ruled since 190 * Former Yan (337–370) * Later Yan (384–407) * Yan (An–Shi) (756–763), a rebel state founded by the An-Shi Rebellion * Yan (Five Dynasties period) (911–913) Names * Yan (surname), romanization for several Chinese surnames * Yan, a Cantonese transcription of surname Zhen (甄) * Yan, a transliteration of the name "Ян" ( Jan) from the Russian language People * Yan Emperor, a legendary emperor of ancient China * Yan, Marquis of Tian (died c. 370 BC), 4th-century BC ruler of the state of Qi * Yan (musician) or Jan Scott Wilkinson, English singer-songwriter * Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin or Yan (1853–1909), Ukrainian-American Yiddish-language playwright * Yan Zhu, softwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |