Yu Xin
Yu Xin (
Life
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
Along with the poet and official
fu form of poetry.[3]
A translation of this poem can be found in:
- Graham, William T. Jr. (1980), 'The Lament for the South': Yu Hsin's 'Ai Chiang-Nan Fu', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
See also
References
Chinese Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- ^ 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
- ^ ISBN 978-0-674-00782-6.
- ISBN 978-962-201-417-6.
