Yang Shen

His courtesy name was Yongxiu (用修); his art names included Sheng'an (升庵), Bonan Shanren (博南山人) and Diannan Shushi (滇南戍史).

[1] As a result of the Great Rites Controversy of 1524, he was reduced to the status of commoner and exiled to Yunnan, where he spent over 30 years.

[2][3] His wife went to his family's house in Chengdu and took care of financial matters, the household and the raising of Yang family children, and only occasionally had time to visit him.

Yang Shen was well received by the Yunnanese literati and produced a substantial amount of writing inspired by the nature and culture of that province.

Particularly well known are the Linjiangxian or The Immortals by the River (臨江仙) (later known as the introductory poem to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and was employed as the lyrics of the opening theme of the namesake TV series), and his essay Roaming atop Diancang Mountain (点苍山志, Diancang Shan Zhi), inspired by a 1530 trip.