- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yan. For Chinese footballer, See Yan Song (footballer)
Yan Song1 (
Chinese: 嚴嵩;
pinyin: Yán Sōng) (
1481 -
1568) was a corrupt
Ming Chinese prime minister who became a homeless pauper.
Born in Fenyi (分宜),
Jiangsu province, Yan was skilled in
poetry and whose works are in
The Collection at Ling Mountain House (鈐山堂集 Lingshantang Ji).
Yan Song was the prime minister who had served under the
emperor Jia Jing. He and his son Yan Shi Fan had dominated court politics with the tacit consent of the fatuous monarch who shirked his responsibilities as emperor and devoted much of his time to sensual pleasures and
Taoist practices. Under Yan Song, the nation fell into an era of moral decadence and corruption, where righteous officers were sidelined and the Ming national strength fell rapidly. Yan Song's wealth is said to be so rich that it is said to be comparable to that of the emperor.He is also well known for his corruption and had been known to openly sold government positions for cash during the Jia Qing reign. However, his corruption and treachery had also raise the indignation of righteuos officers and created many political opponents. Yan Song was finally disgraced at his later years and died of poverty not long after that while his son the infamous Yan Shi Fan was executed for his crimes of collaborations with Japanese pirates who invaded Chinese coastal provinces at the time.
He was the subject of the
Chinese opera called
Beating Yan Song (打嚴嵩 Dǎ Yán Sōng).
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