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Yang Weizhen
Literary Leader of Late Yuan Jiangnan, Master Calligrapher, and Pioneer of the Tieya Style
Mural guide
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 Yang Tieya · Tieya · Tiedi Daoren · Dongweizi · Baoyi Laoren
Paramount literary authority in late Yuan Jiangnan who established the dynamic 'Tieya Style' of Yuefu balladry and exerted profound influence on early Ming literature.
Life and times
Dates 1296 - 1370
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