Mei Yaochen

Mei Yaochen

▪ Chinese poet
Wade-Giles romanization  Mei Yao-ch'en , also called  Wanling Xiansheng (Chinese: “Mr. Wanling” [Wanling being an ancient name for Mei Yaochen's birthplace]) , courtesy name (zi)  Shengyu 
born 1002, Xuancheng, Anhui province, China
died 1060, Kaifeng, Henan province

      a leading Chinese poet of the Northern Song dynasty whose verses helped to launch a new poetic style linked with the guwen (“ancient literature”) revival.

      Although Mei entered government service through the examination system like other statesmen-poets of the Song, his political career was undistinguished. While in office, however, he met and became friends with Ouyang Xiu, then a minor official and leading advocate of the guwen movement. Deeply influenced by Neo-Confucian ideals, proponents of this movement felt that literature should mirror and comment on contemporary life. Mei thus made social and political issues the focus of his poetry and sought subjects in commonplace events and people. Rejecting the then-fashionable ci poetry, which derived from romantic ballads and employed elaborate conceits and hyperbole, Mei returned to the old lüshi (“regulated poetry”), perfecting a plainer, more prosaic style to gain what he called an “easygoing” voice better suited to his themes and subjects.

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