Song Lian, like his teacher Huang Cheng, is a scholar who thinks he is well-read. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Song Lian was appreciated by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang praised Song Lian as "the head of the founding civil servants". After Huang Cheng's death, disciples Song Lian, Jin Juan and others went to offer their condolences. Huang Cheng's disciple is also Wang Cheng, both of whom are from Yiwu, Zhejiang. Wang Cheng was smart and sensitive since childhood. In his youth, he joined Huang Cheng's school and studied literature with him. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, Wang Qi lived in seclusion in Qingyan Mountain. After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming regime, he invited Wang Qi to promote Confucianism in Jiangnan. During the Hongwu period, Wang Qi and Song Lian were both presidents and wrote the History of Yuan Dynasty.
Jin Juan is also a disciple of Huang Cheng. In her youth, Jin Juan worshipped Huang Cheng and studied writing with him. Jin Juan is talented and difficult to be a horse. The ancients said that if you study well, you will be an official, but throughout Jin Juan's life, he never entered the official career. Teacher Huang Cheng, Song Lian and others all know that Jin Juan is gifted. I hope that Jin Juan can become an official in the DPRK and benefit more people. In the Yuan Dynasty, Yu Ji and Liu Guan of Hanlin actively recommended Jin Juan to the court, but Jin Juan was unmoved. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, my classmate Song Lian and others held important positions in the Ming court. Song Lian invited Jin Juan to Beijing to compile the history of the Yuan Dynasty with them, but Jin Juan refused.