Yan Guang

[2] He became a scholar and studied together with Emperor Liu Xiu (courtesy name: Wenshu), known as Emperor Guangwu of Han.

Liu Xiu offered Yan Ziling a high position in the court.

Yan refused the offer, fearing he would become corrupt, and chose to live as a hermit in the mountains.

This act made Yan Ziling a famous Chinese hero and gave him a place in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes)[3] by Jin Guliang.

The images and poems for this book are widely spread and reused over again, including in porcelain art[4]