Yan Song
Yán Sōng (嚴嵩) (
1481 -
1568) was a corrupt
Ming Chinese prime minister who became a homeless pauper.
- Courtesy names: Changwen (文長) and Tianchi (天池)
- Sobriquet: Green Vine (青藤 Qīngténg)
Born in Fenyi (分宜)
Jiangsu, Yan was skilled in
poetry and whose works are in
The Collection at Ling Mountain House (鈐山堂集 Lingshandang Ji).
He was the subject of the Chinese opera called Beating Yan Song (打嚴嵩 Dǎ Yán Sōng).
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