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Yang Weizhen

Type Figure Region China Time 1296–1370 Also known as Lianfu、Tieya Daoren、Tieya Laoren

Yang Weizhen was a renowned Yuan litterateur and poet from Kuaiji, famed for the 'Tieya style', ranked with Yu Ji and Jie Xisi among late-Yuan litera…

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  1. 1327–1340Kuaiji · ShaoxingPassed the jinshi examination in 1327, serving successively as salt-tax envoy at Qianqing and judge of Fuchun Prefecture, forming his distinctive poetic style in eastern Zhejiang, taking the sobriquet Tieya Daoren, and gradually building ties with the Jiangnan literary world.
  2. 1341–1350Hangzhou · HangzhouDuring the Zhizheng era he served as professor of Jiande Circuit school, magistrate of Qiantang and other posts, socializing in Jiangnan with Gu Ying, Ni Zan and other literati, composing famous works such as 'West Lake Bamboo-Branch Songs', with the Tieya style growing ever more influential, becoming one of the representative figures of late-Yuan literary innovation.

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