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Song Lian

Type Figure Region China Time 1310–1381 Also known as 景濂、潜溪、Song Lian

Song Lian (1310–1381), style name Jinglian, sobriquet Qianxi, of Pujiang, was a renowned late-Yuan/early-Ming scholar, writer, and historian who dire…

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  1. 1330–1368Pujiang County · PujiangIn the late Yuan he lived in reclusion around Jinhua and Pujiang, teaching and writing, renowned for his prose, and together with Liu Ji, Ye Chen, and Zhang Yi was known as one of the 'Four Sages of Western Zhejiang'.
  2. 1371–1378Yingtian Prefecture · NanjingIn the early Ming he served as Hanlin Academician, directing the compilation of the History of Yuan and participating in formulating rites and music institutions, a representative of civil governance in the Hongwu reign.
  3. 1380–1381Kuizhou · FengjieIn the thirteenth year of Hongwu he was arrested in connection with the Hu Weiyong case, later exiled to Maozhou; falling ill and dying at Kuizhou en route, the great figure of the early Ming literary world thus passed from the scene.

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