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Yang Shen (; 1488–1559) was a poet in the Chinese
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 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 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
(later employed by
Yang Shen and the Nature of Travel Writing
Univ. of Toronto, 2006 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.
Yang Shen (; 1488–1559) was a poet in the Chinese Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...
. His courtesy name
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was Yongxiu (); his art name
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s included Sheng'an (), Bonan Shanren () and Diannan Shushi ().
Yang Shen was the son of Yang Tinghe and originally lived in Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...
, Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
province. He there married Huang E
Huang E (, also known as Huang Xiumei (黄秀眉); 1498–1569) was a Chinese poet of the Ming dynasty.
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 c ...
, who was known for her own scholarship and became a poet.
As a result of the Great Rites Controversy
The Great Rites Controversy () took place in the decade following 1524 in Ming China. It pitted the young and newly enthroned Jiajing Emperor against the Grand Secretary Yang Tinghe and the majority of the Confucian officials in his government. ...
of 1524, he was reduced to the status of commoner and exiled to Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
, where he spent over 30 years.Pidhainy, IhorA Ming Dynasty Literatus Goes A’Wandering: Yang Shen and the Art of Pure Travel Writing in 'Roaming atop Diancang Mountain'
Ihor Pidhainy. Apr 2006 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 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
(later employed by
Luo Guanzhong
Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400, or c.1280–1360), better known by his courtesy name Guanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: ), was a Chinese writer who lived during the Ming dynasty. He was also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren (). Luo was attri ...
as the introductory poem to the ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms
''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' () is a 14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 184 AD and ...
''), and his essay ''Roaming atop Diancang Mountain'' (, ''Diancang Shan Zhi''), inspired by a 1530 trip.Pidhainy, IhorYang Shen and the Nature of Travel Writing
Univ. of Toronto, 2006 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.
References
6. Jonathan Chaves, ''The Columbia Book of Later Chinese Poetry'', Columbia University Press, 1986. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Shen 1488 births 1559 deaths Ming dynasty poets Ming dynasty politicians Writers from Chengdu Politicians from Chengdu Poets from Sichuan Deified Chinese people 16th-century antiquarians