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Ying Yang
One of the Seven Scholars of Jian'an from Nandun, strong in rhapsodies, whom Cao Pi judged harmonious but not forceful
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Ying Delian · Delian
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- Writer / Poet
Ying Yang, courtesy name Delian, from Nandun in Runan and elder brother of Ying Qu, was one of the Seven Scholars of Jian'an. Cao Cao engaged him as an aide, and he later served as literary aide to the General of the Gentlemen of the Household for All Purposes. He was strong in poems and rhapsodies, and his works include Farewell Poems and the poem written for a gathering at the Jianzhang Terrace. Cao Pi judged him harmonious but not forceful. He died in 217 in an epidemic that also killed Chen Lin, Xu Gan and Liu Zhen.
Life and times
Dates 177 - 217