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Ye Mengde
Poet of the Northern to Southern Song transition styled Shaoyun and known as the Layman of Shilin, author of the Shilin Ci and Bishu Lu Hua.
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 Shaoyun · Layman of Shilin
Ye Mengde, courtesy name Shaoyun, called the Layman of Shilin, was an official and lyric poet of the turn from Northern to Southern Song. He served as secretariat drafter, Hanlin academician and minister of revenue, governed Hangzhou and Jiankang, and later commanded Jiangdong. His lyrics moved from delicate to broad and open in tone. He wrote over thirty works, including the Shilin Ci, Bishu Lu Hua and Shilin Shihua, and died in 1148.
Life and times
Dates 1077 CE-1148 CE