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Yin E
Five Dynasties lyricist of the Former Shu from Chengdu, a minor official whose lyrics are in the Huajian ji.
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 Yin Canqing
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Yin E, a native of Chengdu, was a Five Dynasties lyricist of the Former Shu whose dates are unknown, known as Yin Canqing. He served the Former Shu as a staff officer, and his lyrics are in the Huajian ji, which Zhao Chongzuo of the Later Shu compiled around 940. He is one of the eighteen poets in the collection, a member of the Western Shu Huajian school.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; a Five Dynasties Former Shu man (c. 907–925 CE)