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Wei Chengban
Lyricist of the Shu states in the Five Dynasties who rose to grand commandant and appears in the Huajian Collection as Grand Commandant Wei; he left a dozen or so lyrics, mostly on boudoir themes.
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 Wei Chengban (variant character in some editions) · Grand Commandant Wei
Wei Chengban was a lyricist of the Shu states in the Five Dynasties; his dates are unknown. The Huajian Collection calls him Grand Commandant Wei, and some editions write his name Wei Chengban with a variant final character. Miao Yue counts him among the eighteen Huajian poets who served in western Shu. Over a dozen of his lyrics fill a section of the collection, to tunes such as Yu Lou Chun, Su Zhongqing and Pusaman, mostly on separation and longing in a woman's voice, in a clear and graceful manner. Little is recorded of his career or family.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active in Shu during the Five Dynasties (907–965 CE)