Yang Shen originally lived in Chengdu in the Sichuan province of China, but as a result of the Great rites controversy of 1524, he was reduced to the commoner status and exiled to Yunnan, where he spent over 30 years.
Yang Shen originally lived in Chengdu in the Sichuan province of China and there he married Huang E, who was known for her scholarship and became a poet. As a result of the Great rites controversy of 1524, he was reduced to the commoner status and exiled to Yunnan, where he spent over 30 years.