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Yang Weizhen

Type Figure Region Jiangnan Time 1296–1370 Also known as Yang Lianfu、Tieya Daoren、Tieya style

Yang Weizhen (1296–1370), style name Lianfu, sobriquet Tieya Daoren, was a renowned Yuan poet and litterateur who founded the 'Tieya style' of ancien…

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  1. 1351–1360Songjiang · Songjiang DistrictDuring the Zhizheng era Yang Weizhen resided in Songjiang, exchanging poems with Gu Ying, Ni Zan, Zhang Yu and others, spreading Tieya-style yuefu in the southeast. His poetry blended Han-Wei antiquity with Yuan qu vernacular rhythms, becoming an important force in late-Yuan literary change.

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