杨慎

楊慎
Yáng Shèn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Yang Shen (1488–1559), Ming scholar and poet whose lyric opens Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Examples

HSK 3
Yáng Shèn shì Míngdài yǒumíng de cáizǐ.
Yang Shen was a famously gifted scholar of the Ming dynasty.
HSK 5
Diànshìjù 《 Sānguó Yǎnyì 》 de zhǔtígē yòng de shì Yáng Shèn de 《 Línjiāngxiān 》.
The theme song of the TV series Romance of the Three Kingdoms uses Yang Shen's lyric to the tune Linjiangxian.

Tips

history
He came first in the palace examination of 1511, making him 状元. In 1524 he protested against the emperor in the Great Rites Controversy, was flogged at court and banished to Yunnan, where he spent his last 35 years.
culture
The lyric begins 滚滚长江东逝水 "the rolling Yangtze flows away east". Qing editors set it at the head of the novel 《三国演义》, and it became the theme song of the 1994 TV series.

Stroke Order

杨 yáng
慎 shèn