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Yan Guang

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Yan Ziling as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang

Yan Guang (Chinese: 嚴光, c. 1 – 75), courtesy name Ziling (Chinese: 子陵), also known as Zhuang Guang (Chinese: 莊光),[1] was one of the four important sages of Yuyao.[2]

Study

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He became a scholar and studied together with Emperor Liu Xiu (courtesy name: Wenshu), known as Emperor Guangwu of Han.

Legacy

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Liu Xiu offered Yan Ziling a high position in the court. Yan refused the offer, fearing he would become corrupt, and chose to live as a hermit in the mountains. This act made Yan Ziling a famous Chinese hero and gave him a place in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes)[3] by Jin Guliang. The images and poems for this book are widely spread and reused over again, including in porcelain art[4]

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ Berkowitz, Alan (2000). Patterns of Disengagement: The Practice and Portrayal of Reclusion in Early Medieval China. Stanford University Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-8047-3603-0.
  2. ^ "Famous people of Yuyao". The Peoples Government of Ningbo Municipality. Zhejiang.
  3. ^ "Wushuang Pu". St John's College, Cambridge. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Wu, Yi-Li (2008-01-01). "The Gendered Medical Iconography of the Golden Mirror (Yuzuan yizong jinjian , 1742)". Asian Medicine. 4 (2): 452–491. doi:10.1163/157342009X12526658783736. ISSN 1573-420X.
  5. ^ Xin, Li (2015). The Legend of Liu Xiu And Yin Lihua.ISBN 7511353738