Chen (1090- 1 138), Han nationality, originally from Jingzhao, moved to Luoyang from his great-grandfather, and was born in Luoyang, Henan Province in the Song Dynasty.
Yuan You was born in Song Zhezong in the fifth year (1090) and died in Shaoxing, Song Gaozong in the eighth year of Southern Song Dynasty (1 138). At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was an outstanding man, and he also worked on lyrics. Although there are only more than ten existing words, they are unique in style, especially in meaning, brushwork, sparseness, lightness and naturalness.
Chen was a professor and doctor of local official studies in imperial academy in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, he was a courtier and a patriotic poet. His main contribution is poetry, leaving many patriotic poems for later generations. There are 19 words. He served as a staff member of Taifu in Yuhang and was appreciated by the Prime Minister, so he was promoted.
Historical background:
Chen was a poet in Song Dynasty. His ancestors lived in Jingzhao, and grandfather's uncle Chen Xiliang moved to Luoyang, so he was from Luoyang, Henan Province in the Song Dynasty (now it belongs to Henan Province). He is a famous poet at the turn of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties. Yuan You was born in Song Zhezong in the fifth year (1090) and died in Shaoxing, Song Gaozong in the eighth year of Southern Song Dynasty (1 138).
Chen was a professor and doctor of local official studies in imperial academy in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, he was a courtier and a patriotic poet. His main contribution is poetry, leaving many patriotic poems for later generations. There are 19 words. He served as a staff member of Taifu in Yuhang and was appreciated by the Prime Minister, so he was promoted.