Yang yi (974 ~ 1020) was born in Pucheng, Jianning (now Pucheng, Fujian). Legend has it that when Yang Yi was about to be born, as the grandfather of the county magistrate, he dreamed of a Taoist priest who told Yang Yi's grandfather that he had come to pay homage. A few days later, Yang Yi was born. The strange thing is that the baby is covered with hair, and it is very long. It falls off naturally after a few months. When I was a child, Yang Yi was eloquent. When his mother taught him to recite poems, he could recite them at once. At the age of eleven, Yang Yi's talent and knowledge had been heard by the emperor. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang to China to inspect Yang Yi's knowledge. Zhang sent Yang Yi to the capital and published five poems. Yang Yi put pen to paper. Song Taizong marveled at Yang Yi's talent, and Yang Yi stepped into his official career.
During the years of Jingdezhen, Yang Yi and a large number of Guan Ge literati were ordered to compile Yuan Gui, and they often used their spare time to recite poems and compose poems. Three years later, the book was completed, and these poems in leisure time were collected by Yang Yi and named "Quincy Collection of Rewards and Singing". As soon as this collection came out, it caused a sensation in the poetic circles at that time, and this implicit and rich poetic style was refreshing. As a result, Quincy's poems have become very popular, and the poetic style has also undergone great changes.
As the leading poet of Quincy School, Yang Yi's poems are second to none among these literati. Although most of his works describe his superior life and daily trivia, lacking true feelings and empty content, the artistic achievements of Quincy's poems are still quite great. Yang Yi is mainly learning from Li Shangyin, but she has a good form but not a good spirit. For example, the language is subtle and graceful, the allusions are used freely, and the poems are full of fragrance; The brushwork is very delicate, especially in describing objects and images, and it has reached the realm of pure beauty in form. Yang Yi also wrote some poems about objects, which satirized the present through the ancient, and to some extent reflected the social reality at that time. For example, his poem "Hanwu" refers to the futile and inevitable death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which is actually an allegory of the activities of the true Sect seeking immortality.
Yang Yi played an important role in the literary world in the early Song Dynasty. His poems, words and essays were recited and imitated by people at that time, and Kunxi style had a far-reaching influence on poems after the Song Dynasty.