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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.