Introduction to Xiao Yehuang

Ono Huang (802-853) is said to be the grandson of Ono Meizi, a diplomat from the Suigu Dynasty in the Asuka period of Japan. He was a Chinese poetry writer and singer who appeared in the Heian period. In 822, Wensheng passed the imperial examination, and later served as inspector Danzheng, Danzheng Xingzhong, Ouchiji, Tibetan, Shikibe Shaocheng, and Dazai Shaobin in 832. In 834, he was appointed deputy envoy to the Tang Dynasty, but both attempts failed due to shipwrecks. When he went to the Tang Dynasty for the third time in 838, he was dissatisfied with the tyranny of Fujiwara Tsuneji, the ambassador to the Tang Dynasty. He claimed to be ill and refused to sail. He wrote "The Ballad of the West" to satirize the matter. This offended the Saga Emperor and was exiled to the Oki Kingdom. In 840, he was ordered to return to Beijing, and resumed his official position the following year. He successively held the posts of Daifu of the Ministry of Justice, Mutsu Shou, Bachelor of the East Palace, Tibetan Head, Zuo Zhongben, etc. In 847, he was promoted to the Councilor and concurrently served as the chief minister. His works include 5 volumes of poetry collection "Ye Xiang Gong Ji". There are 6 Japanese songs collected in "Gujinshu". Xiao Yehuang relied on his sentimental talents, acted with sincerity, and did not compromise with the world. He was also known as "wild and wild". In the work "Huangpo Huancaozi" written by Jie Chengguangliu, Ono Huang is fictionalized into the underworld official of the underworld. There is still the tomb of Ono Hao in Japan, next to the tomb of Murasaki Shikibu, a female writer in the middle of the Heian period.