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Yang Shen (; 1488–1559) was a poet in the Chinese Ming dynasty. His courtesy name was Yongxiu (用修); his included Sheng'an (升庵), Bonan Shanren (博南山人) and Diannan Shushi (滇南戍史).
Yang Shen was the son of Yang Tinghe and originally lived in Chengdu, Sichuan province. He there married Huang E, who was known for her own scholarship and became a poet. (2025). 9780804732314, Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804732314
As a result of the Great Rites Controversy of 1524, he was reduced to the status of commoner and exiled to Yunnan, where he spent over 30 years.Pidhainy, Ihor. The Temples of Yunnan: Literati Travel Writing during the Jiajing Reign (1522–1567) Apr 2006Pidhainy, 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 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 (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.Pidhainy, Ihor. 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.
6. Jonathan Chaves, The Columbia Book of Later Chinese Poetry, Columbia University Press, 1986.
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