Liang Youyu
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Liang Youyu was a Ming dynasty
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
scholar. A native of Shunde
Shunde
Shunde District is a district of Foshan prefecture-level city in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province, southeast China.-Administration:Shunde was a county-level city until December 8, 2002, when it became a district of Foshan prefecture-level city...
(顺德) in Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
province, he completed the Jinshi (进士) level of the Imperial Examination
Imperial examination
The Imperial examination was an examination system in Imperial China designed to select the best administrative officials for the state's bureaucracy. This system had a huge influence on both society and culture in Imperial China and was directly responsible for the creation of a class of...
in 1550. He was involved in two well known poetry circles "The Latter Five Poets of the Southern Garden
The Latter Five Poets of the Southern Garden
The Latter Five Poets of the Southern Garden was a Ming dynasty poetry circle composed of Liang Youyu , Ou Daren , Li Minbiao , Wu Dan , and Li Shixing . They are generally considered to be the most important Cantonese poets of the sixteenth century....
" (南园后五子), and "The Seven Masters
The Seven Masters
The Latter Seven Masters was a Ming dynasty poetry circle composed of Liang Youyu , Li Panlong , Wang Shizhen 、Xie Zhen , Zong Chen , Xu Zhongxing , Wu Guolun ....
" (后七子). His most famous work is Lántīng Cúngǎo (兰汀存稿) (also known as Bǐbùjí 比部集).