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Ying Zhen
Writer of the Wei–Jin transition from Nandun in Runan, son of Ying Qu and aide to Sima Yan, who under Jin became Crown Prince's Tutor and helped draft new ritual codes; died in 269.
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 Ji Fu
Ying Zhen, courtesy name Jifu, was from Nandun in Runan (today's Henan), son of the Wei writer Ying Qu and nephew of Ying Yang, one of the Seven Scholars of Jian'an. Recommended with high marks under Wei, he became adviser to Sima Yan in 264. After Western Jin was founded he served as Crown Prince's Attendant and Regular Attendant, and with Xun Yi helped compile new ritual codes that were never adopted. He died in 269. The Wen Xuan includes his poem on Emperor Wu of Jin's gathering at Hualin Garden.
Life and times
Dates Birth year unknown; died in the fifth Taishi year, 269 CE