Wang Ao | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:%E7%8E%8B%E9%8F%8A.jpg) Wang Ao wearing Mang Pao, (蟒袍, lit. "The Python Robe"), which could be worn only by the highest rank officials. The right to wear such dress was seen as a special honour that emperors bestowed on officials who had done great deeds for the empire. Ming dynasty era. | |
| Senior Grand Secretary | |
| In office 1506–1509 | |
| Monarch | Zhengde Emperor |
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| Born | 17 August 1450 Suzhou, Ming Empire |
| Died | 11 March 1524 (aged 73) |
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| Chinese | 王鏊 | ||||||
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Wang Ao (1450 – 1524) was a politician, essayist and poet of the Ming dynasty. As a politician during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, he held the position of Grand Secretary. Wang Ao was also an essayist who was considered a master on eight-legged essays.[1]
- ^ Tu, Ching-I (1974). "The Chinese Examination Essay: Some Literary Considerations". Monumenta Serica. 31 (1): 393–406. doi:10.1080/02549948.1974.11731106. ISSN 0254-9948.