1. Yu Shinan, courtesy name Bo Shi, was one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion. Yu Shinan was born in 558 AD and died in 638 AD at the age of 81. He was the longest-lived person among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion;
2. Yu Shinan was quiet and stoic by nature, persistent and persistent. To learn. After Li Shimin destroyed Dou Jiande, he led Yu Shinan to join the army for the Qin Palace. Together with Fang Xuanling and other officials, he was in charge of Wenhan, one of the eighteen bachelors. During the Zhenguan period, he successively held the posts of author, secretary, young supervisor, secretary supervisor, etc. Although he looked timid and weak, he had a strong temperament and was outspoken and dared to admonish, which earned him the respect of Li Shimin;
3. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty called him the five greatest virtues, loyalty, erudition, literary poetry, and calligraphy. He was good at calligraphy, and together with Ouyang Xun, Chu Suiliang and Xue Ji, he was known as the four great masters of the early Tang Dynasty. The "Beitang Shuchao" compiled by him is known as the most famous book in the Tang Dynasty