The Southern Song Dynasty poet Ye Shaoweng was not a layman (that is, a Buddhist who practiced at home).
Ye Shaoweng, whose courtesy name was Sizong and whose name was Jingyi, was from Longquan (now part of Zhejiang). A writer and poet in the mid-Southern Song Dynasty.
The ancestral home is Pucheng. His original surname was Li, and he was descended from the Ye family in Longquan. His grandfather Li Yingshi was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Zhenghe in the Song Dynasty (1115). In the third year of Jianyan (1129), Yingshi fought against the Jin Dynasty for meritorious service, and was promoted to the position of Prime Minister of Dali Temple and Doctor of the Ministry of Punishment. Later, he was demoted due to the Zhao Ding incident.
Shao Weng was affected by his relationship with his grandfather and his family business declined. When he was young, he gave Longquan the surname Ye as his son. During the period from Guangzong to Ningzong, he served as a minor official in the imperial court and was closely associated with Zhendexiu. He lived in seclusion on the bank of West Lake in Qiantang for a long time, and sang with Ge Tianmin.
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