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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.

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

  1. 1077 CEBornSong
  2. 1148 CEDied

Works

  1. Literature · Lyrics2
    1. Congratulating the Bridegroom · Waking to Orioles at DuskSongYe Mengde's long ci of a late-spring dusk alone, an old sorrow stirred and a far sail awaited
    2. Beautiful Lady Yu · Fallen Petals Dance before the WindSongYe Mengde's short ci of wine with friends under blossoms after rain, as spring slips away

Records

Ye Mengde Governs Jiankang

Early Southern Song

In the early Shaoxing years Ye Mengde was recalled as Pacification Commissioner of Jiangdong and prefect of Jiankang, and also envoy of pacification over six prefectures including Shouchun; he was later given the Jiangdong pacification and control commission and made keeper of the traveling palace at Jiankang.

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