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Mei Yaochen

Type Figure Region Northern Song Time 1002–1060 Also known as Shengyu、Mei Shengyu、Master Wanling

Mei Yaochen (1002–1060), courtesy name Shengyu, was a leading Northern Song poet from Wanling, Xuancheng, who helped shift Song poetry toward plain, …

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  1. c. 1051–1055Xuancheng · XuanchengStill active in poetic circles from the Huangyou era to early Jiayou, he influenced contemporaries with a plain, deep, and understated style drawn from everyday scenes, exchanging poems frequently with Ouyang Xiu and others, and was regarded as one of the core figures of Song poetic reform.
  2. c. 1056–1060Bianjing · KaifengDuring the Jiayou era he was summoned to Bianjing as a lecturer at the Guozijian, took part in the capital's literary circles, and continued to promote the shift in Song poetic style through his poetics and writings until his death in the capital in the fifth year of Jiayou (1060).

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