Yu Xin
Yu Xin (Chinese: 庾信; pinyin: Yǔ Xìn; Wade–Giles: Yü Hsin) (513-581) was a Chinese poet, politician, and writer of the Liang and Northern Zhou dynasties of medieval China. Yu Xin was one of the founders of the Xu-Yu literary style together with Xu Ling, and the author of a famous fu. His courtesy name was Zǐshān (
Life
[edit]Yu Xin was born and raised in Jiangling, which was once the capital of Chu. His family was wealthy and aristocratic, and Yu became an important official of the Liang dynasty. As such, he served as the lover and patron of aspiring statesman Wang Shao.[2]
In 554, Yu Xin was sent as an ambassador to the Western Wei in Chang'an, a mission that did not meet with success. On the way to his mission, he visited Wang Shao, now an official censor, who rejected further advances.[2] After the fall of the Liang dynasty in 557, three of his children that remained in the Liang capital were executed. Yu was held in Chang'an for the rest of his life.[3]
Works
[edit]Along with the poet and official Xu Ling and the fathers of both men, Yu is known for the Xu-Yu Style (
- Graham, William T. Jr. (1980), 'The Lament for the South': Yu Hsin's 'Ai Chiang-Nan Fu', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kanjigen entry "Yu Xin" (Yu Shin in Japanese). Gakken 2006.
- ^ a b Hinsch, Bret. (1990). Passions of the Cut Sleeve. University of California. pp. 69-70
- ^ a b Murck, Alfreda (2000). Poetry and Painting in Song China: The Subtle Art of Dissent. Harvard University Asia Center. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-0-674-00782-6.
- ^ Cutter, Robert Joe (1989). The Brush and the Spur: Chinese Culture and the Cockfight (Illustrated ed.). Chinese University Press. pp. 45–49. ISBN 978-962-201-417-6.