Yang Shen (1488-1559), courtesy name Yongxiu, nicknamed Sheng'an, was the son of Yang Tinghe. He was one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty, a writer of the Ming Dynasty, and the author of the lyrics of "The Rolling Waters of the Yangtze River East". A native of Xindu, Sichuan (now Xindu District, Chengdu City), his ancestral home is Luling, Jiangxi. He was smart as a boy, could write poems at the age of 11, and planned to write "Ancient Battle Essays" at the age of 12, which amazed everyone. He went to Beijing and wrote the poem "Yellow Leaves", which was praised by Li Dongyang. In the sixth year of Zhengde (1511), he ranked first in the Imperial Examination and was awarded the title of Compiler by the Hanlin Academy. He once participated in the compilation of "Records of Wuzong". He had an upright nature and must write everything down straightly. Wuzong went out from Juyongguan in Wei and went to Shangshu to resist admonishment. Shizong succeeded to the throne and was appointed as the lecturer of Jingyan. In the third year of Jiajing's reign (1524), the ministers received the imperial staff against Shizong's wishes because of the "Great Ceremony Discussion". Yang Shen was relegated to Yongchang Guards in Yunnan. He lived in Yunnan for more than 30 years and died in the garrison.
Yang Shen's "Poetry Pages for Judge Yang and the Crying Chao Jinghu Taishi Tomb" by Yang Shen
The number one scholar in the sixth year of Zhengde (1511), edited by the Imperial Academy, and participated in the editing "Records of Wuzong". Wuzong went out from Juyongguan in Wei and went to Shangshu to resist admonishment. After Shizong succeeded to the throne, he resumed compilation for Hanlin and served as a lecturer in Jingyan. Emperor Shizong Zhu Houcong succeeded to the throne in the "brother eventually descends to younger brother" method. In the third year of Jiajing (1524), the "Great Ceremony Conference" began. Emperor Shizong favored Gui E and Zhang Cong and advocated the idea of ??succession without heir. The highly respected Yang Tinghe, his father and his son, and many others The minister firmly opposed it. For this reason, Yang Tinghe was forced to resign and return home. Yang Shen repeatedly submitted letters of resignation, unwilling to join the ranks of "shameless villains" such as Zhang and Gui. In response, the self-willed Zhu Houcong was very angry. He insisted on going his own way and officially issued an edict to change the name of his biological father to Emperor Gongmu. Sheng'an "also cooperated with the scholar Feng Xi and others to remonstrate. Unable to survive, he and his court officials went to Zuoshunmen to remonstrate." Shizong became even more angry and used violence to suppress him, "ordering the eight leaders to be sent to prison." When the news came out, people were furious. Yang Shen gathered Jinshi scholars in the same year to review Wang Yuanzheng and more than 200 people, and said excitedly: "The country has supported scholars for 150 years, and it is today that we have fought for integrity and righteousness." So, in the area of ??Jinshui Bridge and Zuoshunmen, the palace officials Weeping, protesting against the illegal arrest of courtiers, the sound spread throughout the palace. "The emperor became angry and ordered him to be imprisoned." Sheng'an was arrested on July 15th. He was raped once on the seventeenth day, but he recovered from death. Ten days later, he was raped again and almost died, and then He was exiled to Yongchang Guards in Yunnan (now Baoshan County, Yunnan). In the eighth year (1529), his father died and was allowed to be buried, so he either returned to Shu or stayed in the garrison. In the thirty-eighth year (1559), he was old at Yongchang Wei. At the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Mu Zonglong gave it to the young minister of Guanglu Temple. When Xizong became emperor, he was posthumously named Wenxian, so he was called "Yang Wenxian".
Sheng'an was unable to realize his lofty political ambitions in Yunnan, so he turned his resentment after being frustrated in his official career into motivation, worked tirelessly on writing and research, and went deep into the border areas, traveling and inspecting, giving lectures and teaching apprentices. Under his influence and leadership, there were many followers of Yunnan scholars, which greatly opened up the academic style in Yunnan, which was culturally backward at that time. Sheng'an was very knowledgeable throughout his life and wrote more than 400 kinds of books. "The Biography of Yang Shen in the History of the Ming Dynasty" states that "the Ming Dynasty's extensive memorization and rich writings put Shen first." In addition to literature, history, and philosophy, these works include astronomy, geography, medicine, biology, epigraphy, calligraphy, painting, music, drama, religion, folklore, etc. He is worthy of being a great writer, historian, philosopher and scholar of many disciplines. Later generations selected and compiled it as "Sheng'an Collection" in eighty volumes. He wrote more than 2,000 poems, but the "Collection of Ming Poems" only selected fifteen of Sheng'an's poems. Popular literary history books and works selections rarely mention him or his poems.
Appendix: "Linjiang Immortal" (Ming Dynasty. Yang Shen)
The rolling water of the Yangtze River passes eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes.
Right or wrong, success or failure is gone.
The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times.
The white-haired fisherman and woodcutter on the Nagisa River are used to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze.
A jug of wine makes us happy to meet each other.
Many things in ancient and modern times are all talked about with laughter.