Yan Guang (Chinese: 嚴光, c. 1–75 AD), courtesy name Ziling (Chinese: 子陵), also known as Zhuang Guang (Chinese: 莊光),[1] was one of the four important sages of Yuyao.[2]
He became a scholar and studied together with Emperor Liu Xiu (courtesy name: Wenshu), known as Emperor Guangwu of Han.
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 (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes)[3] by Jin Guliang. The images and poems for this book are widely spread and reused over again, including in porcelain art[4]
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