Yang Shen

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For the chess player, see Shen Yang.

Yang Shen (楊慎; 1488 – 1559), son of Yang Tinghe, zi Yòngxiū (用修), hao Shēng'ān (升庵), also hao Bonanshanren (博南山人), Bonanshushi (博南戍史), was a poet in Ming Dynasty. He lived in Chengdu in the Sichuan province of China.

As a result of the Great rites controversy of 1524, he was exiled to Yunnan.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Abstract for "The Temples of Yunnan: Literati Travel Writing during the Jiajing Reign (1522–1567)", Ihor Pidhainy, University of Toronto, Canada, AAS Annual Meeting, April 2006, San Francisco
  2. ^ Abstract for "'A Ming Dynasty Literatus Goes A’Wandering': Yang Shen and the Art of Pure Travel Writing in 'Roaming atop Diancang Mountain'", Ihor Pidhainy, University of Toronto, AAS Annual Meeting, April 2006, San Francisco