wrote some lines in praise of it, sometime before he ascended the throne. A collection of Wu's poems and essays, entitled 梅村集 Mei-ts'un chi, 40 chüan, was printed in 1668-69. An ampler edition, entitled Mei-ts'un chia-ts'ang kao (家藏稿), 58 + 1 chüan, was edited by his sons after his death, but was not printed until 1911. This edition has appended to it a chronological account of his life, entitled Wu Mei-ts'un hsien-shêng nien-p'u, compiled by Ku Shih-shih 顧師軾 (T. 景和, H. 雪堂) and first printed independently in 1845. There are at least three annotated editions of Wu's poems: 吳詩集覽 Wu-shih chi-lan, 19 chüan, annotated by Chin Jung-fan 靳榮藩 (T. 介人, H. 綠溪, chin-shih of 1748) and printed in 1775; Wu Mei-ts'un shih-chi chien-chu (箋注), 18 chüan, annotated by Wu I-fêng 吳翌鳳 (T. 伊仲, H. 枚庵, 1742–1819) and printed in 1814; and Wu Mei-ts'un pien-nien shih (編年詩) chien-chu, 12 chüan, annotated by Ch'êng Mu-hêng 程穆衡 (T. 惟惇, chin-shih of 1737), and printed in 1929.
A son of Wu Wei-yeh, named Wu Ching 吳暻 (T. 元朗, H. 西齋, 1662–1707, chin-shih of 1688), was also a celebrated poet who left a collection of verse, entitled 西齋集 Hsi-chai chi, 10 chüan, printed in 1771.
[Ma Tao-yüan, Wu Mei-ts'un nien-p'u (1935); Suzuki Torao, Go Baison nempu, in Takase hakase kanreki-kinen Shinagaku-ronsō, 1928, pp. 795–953; T'ai-ts'ang chou-chih (1918), 20/1a; Ssŭ-k'u, 49/6b, 173/2b; 2/29/18a; 4/43/18a; 27/1/5b; W.M.S.C.K. 2/16a, 7/1a; L.T.C.L.H.M., p. 100, lists 13 paintings by Wu; Sui-k'ou chi-lüeh occurs in Chang Hai-p'êng's [q. v.] Hsieh-ching t'ao-yüan.]
WU Wên 吳雯 (T. 天章, H. 蓮洋 and 玉澗子), 1644–1704, June 28, poet and calligrapher, was a native of P'u-chou, Shansi. His father, Wu Yün-shêng 吳允升 (changed later to Wu Lai-hêng 吳萊亨, T. 于公 and 康侯, d. 1656), was a native of Liao-yang, Feng-t'ien, and a chin-shih of 1655. The father had held since 1649 the post of director of studies in P'u-chou and after his death the family, being poor, continued to live there. Wu Wên was a pupil of the celebrated Shantung poet, Wang Shih-chên [q. v.], who not only praised his verses highly but, after the poet's death, edited a collection of them with comments. He travelled extensively and read widely in many fields, especially in Buddhist literature, the influence of which is traceable in his poetry. He was recommended and summoned to take the special examination known as po-hsüeh hung-tz'ŭ in 1679 (see under P'êng Sun-yü), but failed to pass. Three editions of his collected poems appeared during his lifetime. The most complete one, entitled 蓮洋集 Lien-yang chi, in 20 chüan, was printed in 1774.
[2/71/10a; 3/430/30a; 4/138/16b; 32/6/10b; P'u-chou-fu chih (1755) 13/31b; chronological biography by Wêng Fang-kang [q. v.], entitled Lien-yang Wu chêng-chün nien-p'u, with portrait, in Lien-yang chi of 1774; Ssŭ-k'u 173/7a; 183/8a.]
WU-ya. See under Uya.
WU Yen 吳炎 (T. 赤溟[民], H. 媿庵), d. July 1, 1663, age forty (sui), historian, was a native of Wu-chiang, Kiangsu. He and P'an Ch'êng-chang [q. v.] were co-authors of a history of the Ming dynasty and of a poetical account of that dynasty, the latter completed in 1656 under the title 今樂府 Chin yüeh-fu. Both works were ordered by imperial decree to be destroyed, but the second of the two endured and was reprinted in the Yin-li tsai-ssŭ t'ang ts'ung-shu (see under Chu Yün). Wu was involved as one of the assistant compilers of Chuang T'ing-lung's [q. v.] banned work, Ming-shih chi-lüeh, and was put to death at Hangchow in July 1663.
[6/35/23b–28b; T'oung Pao 1928–29, p. 416, for note on above ts'ung-shu.]
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YANG-chi-nu. See under Yangginu.
YANG Chieh 楊捷 (T. 元凱), d. 1690, age 74 (sui), Ming-Ch'ing general, was a native of I-chou, Liaotung. His ancestors had once been domiciled at Pao-ying, Kiangsu, but in the Ming period one of his relatives was given an hereditary post at I-chou in recognition of his military services, and the family settled there. Yang Chieh's father, Yang Kuo-tung 楊國棟, commanded the garrison at I-chou against the Manchus. Three of his uncles achieved military fame as generals in border defense, and Yang Chieh followed the army from his youth. In the late Ming period he held a minor military post under Hung Ch'êng-ch'ou [q. v.] but offered his allegiance to the Ch'ing dynasty in 1644, and in recognition of his bravery and ability was soon promoted from major to colonel. After the
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