Nicknames: Mianan and Jiexi.
Nationality: China.
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Place of birth: Fenyi, Jiangxi
Date of birth: 1480
Date of death: 1567
Occupation: Cabinet record, official department minister.
Masterpiece: Qian Shan Tang Ji, 40 volumes.
Outside the body: the young wisdom of the poor family
Good at: I am obsessed with stealing power and not benefiting.
Son: Yan Shifan.
Yan Song (1480- 1567) is a native of Fenyi County, Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province. He was an important official in the Ming Dynasty, specializing in state affairs for twenty years, and a progressive official. He's a college student, a young fu and a prince, and Hua. He has great attainments in calligraphy and is good at writing green characters (in fact, his son Yan Shifan is a ghost writer and Yan Shifan is good at writing green characters). He is one of the famous treacherous court officials in the history of China. This color portrait of Yan Song was painted by the Qing Dynasty.
The History of the Ming Dynasty listed Yan Song as one of the six treacherous court officials in the Ming Dynasty, saying that he was "only trying to flatter others, stealing power and wasting profits" and betraying the country for glory. Through drama and literary works, Yan Song's treacherous court official image has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Cao Guoqing, a famous historian, believes that when Yan Song first entered imperial academy, calligraphy became famous. In the Ming Dynasty, imperial academy recruited all the imperial examination talents, which was equivalent to the central think tank and secretariat. Yan Song's articles on Confucian classics and philosophy are often listed as the first choice, and his poems often win the first prize in banquets. Therefore, people can appreciate his calligraphy skills as well as his articles, so they can appreciate it twice. Since then, many scholars from imperial academy and other posts, from the capital to the local, are proud of their Mo Bao. During his eight years in seclusion in Qian Shan, Yan Song learned a lot about Copybook for calligraphy, and his calligraphy attainments were superb. Up to now, there are still more than 10 inscriptions in Beijing on his calligraphy relic "Six Habitats". His calligraphy remains are still preserved in more than 20 famous scenic spots in China, such as "the first pass in the world" in Shanhaiguan, "Fu Sheng" in Qufu, Shandong, and "Manjianghong" in Yuefei Temple in West Lake, Hangzhou (but the inscription was later changed to Xia Yan).