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Ding Yi
Late Eastern Han writer and younger brother of Ding Yi, a gentleman of the Yellow Gate who backed Cao Zhi and was killed when Cao Pi succeeded as King of Wei.
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 Zi Jingli · Ding Jingli
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Ding Yi, courtesy name Jingli, came from Qiao in Pei and was the son of Ding Chong and younger brother of Ding Yi (written with a different character). Gifted and widely read, he became a gentleman of the Yellow Gate. With his brother he championed Cao Zhi, repeatedly urging Cao Cao to name him heir. When Cao Pi succeeded as King of Wei in 220, both brothers and all the men of their household were put to death. In his Letter to Yang Dezu, Cao Zhi recalls how Ding Jingli would ask him to polish his short pieces. His Rhapsody on the Daughter of Cai Bojie survives.
Life and times
Dates Birth unknown–220 CE