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Yang Shen
First of the Three Great Talents of Ming and Author of the Classic Linjiangxian Ode
Mural guide
Mural of The Surging Yangtze River Rolls East, a work by this person.
On a river islet beneath the autumn moon and spring breeze, an old fisherman and woodcutter share wine as the Yangtze rolls east. Their quiet talk watches generations rise and pass.
Also known as Yang Sheng'an · Sheng'an · Yang Yongxiu · Yongxiu · Mingdai San Caizi Zhi Shou
Leading prodigy among the Three Talents of the Ming Dynasty. Produced over 400 scholarly and literary treatises during his Yunnan exile, including the iconic lyric 'The Rolling Yangtze River Flows East'.
Life and times
Dates 1488 - 1559
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