Mei Yaochen, painted by Kanō Tsunenobu in the 18th century.
Born
May 31, 1002
Xuancheng, Anhui, China
Died
May 27, 1060(1060-05-27) (aged 57)
Kaifeng, Henan, China
Occupation
Poet
Children
Mei Zeng Mei Chi Mei Tong Mei Gui'er
Parent
Mei Rang
Relatives
Mei Miao Mei Yuan
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
梅堯臣
Simplified Chinese
梅尧臣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Méi Yáochén
Wade–Giles
Mei Yao-ch'en
Shengyu
Traditional Chinese
聖俞
Simplified Chinese
圣俞
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Shèngyú
Wanling Xiansheng
Chinese
宛陵先生
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wǎnlíng Xiānshēng
In this Chinese name, the family name is Mei.
Mei Yaochen (traditional Chinese: 梅堯臣; simplified Chinese: 梅尧臣; pinyin: Méi Yáochén; Wade–Giles: Mei Yao-ch'en) (1002–1060) was a Chinese poet of the Song dynasty. He was one of the pioneers of the "new subjective" style of poetry which characterized Song poetry.[1]
Mei Yaochen was born in Xuancheng in present-day Anhui Province. His style name was 'Sheng Yu' (圣俞).[1] He passed the jinshi exam in 1051 and had a career in the civil service, but was unsuccessful. He was a prolific poet, with around 3000 works extant; he was popularized as a poet by the younger Ouyang Xiu.
Most of his works are in the shi form, but they are much freer in content than those of the Tang dynasty. His response to the impossibility of surpassing the Tang poets was to make a virtue of his lack of ambition; his ideal was 平淡 (pingdan), or the pedestrian. His early verses are often socio-critical, advocating reform along Neo-Confucian lines; later he turned to celebrations of ordinary life and verses mourning the deaths of his first wife and several of his children.
An example is his poem translated into English by Kenneth Rexroth as "An Excuse for Not Returning the Visit of a Friend."
MeiYaochen (traditional Chinese: 梅堯臣; simplified Chinese: 梅尧臣; pinyin: MéiYáochén; Wade–Giles: Mei Yao-ch'en) (1002–1060) was a Chinese poet of the Song...
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，千骑卷平冈。为报倾城随太守，亲射虎，看孙郎。 酒酣胸胆尚开张，鬓微霜，又何妨？持节云中，何日遣冯唐？会挽雕弓如满月，西北望，射天狼。 Hua, Mei (2011). Chinese clothing (updated ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press...
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which was written in reply to the advice of a friend. That friend, MeiYaochen, (梅堯臣), tried to persuade him to stop bearing so much concern for others...
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the first books in English or any Western language on such masters as MeiYaochen 梅堯臣 (1002–60); Yang Wanli 楊萬里 (1127–1206); Yuan Hongdao 袁宏道 (1568–1610);...
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(zhaowei): 85,650,051 Jackson Yee (yiyangqianxi): 84,620,416 Yao Chen (yaochen): 83,811,714 Deng Chao (dengchao): 80,972,525 On 13 September 2013, the...
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