Yan Song

Yan Song (Chinese: 嚴嵩; pinyin: Y?n Sōng) (1481 - 1568) was a corrupt Ming Chinese prime minister who became a homeless pauper.

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• courtesy name (字): Weizhong (惟中)
• pseudonym (號): Jiexi (介溪)

Born in Fenyi (分宜), Jiangsu province, Yan was skilled in poetry and whose works are in The Collection at Ling Mountain House (鈐山堂集 Lingshantang Ji).

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He was the subject of the Chinese opera called Beating Yan Song (打嚴嵩 Dǎ Y?n Sōng).

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