應瑒

Yīng Yáng 應瑒

Yīng Yáng 應瑒 (?–217 CE), zì Délián 德璉, was a native of Rǔnán 汝南 (modern Henan). He was one of the Jiàn’ān qīzǐ 建安七子 (Seven Masters of the Jiàn’ān Era). He came from the prominent Yīng 應 clan of Rǔnán, a family that had produced multiple scholars and officials across the Hàn dynasty.

Ying Yang served as an aide to Cáo Pī 曹丕 and participated in the literary culture of the Cáo court. He died in the epidemic of 217 CE along with Wáng Càn 王粲, Liú Zhēn 劉楨, Xú Gān 徐幹, and Chén Lín 陳琳. Cáo Pī’s 〈與吳質書〉 (Letter to Wu Zhi) offers the most substantive contemporary assessment of his literary work: “Délián had a broad compass and diligent application (jùxué ér zìlì 具學而自立), and his pen never stopped moving.” The same letter and Cáo Pī’s Diǎnlùn 典論 are the primary sources for his biography. His collected works were listed in the Suíshū Jīngjí zhì in one juǎn but are lost. A jíyìběn reconstruction is in the Kānripo corpus as KR4b0090.