Yan's Family Precepts

Author: Yan Zhipu (Author)
Translator: Yi Mengchun, Xia Guanghong (Translation and Annotation)
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Publish Date: 1999-07-01
Features: The Family Precepts of Yan is a timeless masterpiece by Yan Zhipu, a renowned poet and litterateur from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period in China. Yan Zhipu (531–c. 590 AD), styled Jie, was originally from Langya Linyi (now Linyi County, Shandong Province). After the Eastern Jin Dynasty, his family resided in Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). His father, Xie, once served as a consultant in the Western Mansion of the Prince of Xiangdong in the Liang Dynasty. Yan Zhipu accompanied his father to Jiangling and was known for his talent from a young age.

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