Yan Guang


Yan Guang, courtesy name Ziling, also known as Zhuang Guang, was one of the four important sages of Yuyao.

Study

He became a scholar and studied together with Emperor Liu Xiu, known as Emperor Guangwu of Han.

Legacy

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 by Jin Guliang. The images and poems for this book are widely spread and reused over again, including in porcelain art

In popular culture