Luo Yin (羅隱) | 24 Histories

Overview

Luo Yin was a Late Tang poet, writer, and Wuyue official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Eastern River Student	江東生	Jiangdong Sheng

Life and dates

Death

AD 909 開平三年
At Dingshan township 定山鄉 · Mode named-source-report Source Work Jianquan Diary 澗泉日記
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 127
At Qiantang 錢塘
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 121

Age

80
Qualifier over · At Qiantang 錢塘
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 121

Attested activity

AD 887 光啟三年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 123
AD 880 to AD 881 唐廣明中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 118
AD 905 to AD 906 天祐二年至三年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 185, passages 175, 181, 194
AD 880 to AD 907 廣明大亂之後
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 67, 75
AD 907 to AD 910 當世
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 181, passages 202-205
AD 887 to AD 893 镠置將校賓客時
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passages 49, 51

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AD 909 開平三年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 126-127
AD 908 開平二年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 125
AD 907 開平初
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 119

Family

Kin of Luo Shaowei (羅紹威)
claimed nephew 侄 · Uncertain · claimed kinship in source
claimed uncle-nephew 叔侄 · Uncertain · claimed kinship in source
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 147, 150
Kin of Luo Wei (羅威)
paternal uncle 叔父 · Claimed parentage · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 195
Kin of Wei (威)
uncle 叔父 · Claimed parentage · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 203

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Career and standing

adviser/retainer 賓客
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 51
poet 詩
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 202
magistrate of Qiantang 錢塘令
AD 887 光啟三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 123
staff to Qian Liu 從事
AD 880 to AD 881 廣明中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 118
grain transport commissioner 發運使
AD 909 開平三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 126
Attendant Gentleman 給事中
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 120, 125

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Right Remonstrance Counselor 右諫議大夫
AD 907 開平初 · Offered and refused
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 119

Places and affiliations

Polity Qiantang 錢塘 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 75
At Qiantang 錢塘
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 202; Old Book of Tang 185, passage 194
At Yuhang 餘杭
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 113
AD 909 開平三年
At Dingshan township 定山鄉 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 127
At Qiantang 錢塘 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 202; Old Book of Tang 185, passage 194

Learning and skills

Skill historical verse 詠史 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 114

Works and attributed material

Applied Collection of Xiangnan 湘南應用集
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 131
Book of Satire 讒書
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 131
collected works 文集
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 129
his collected poems 其詩
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 204; Old Book of Tang 185, passage 196
Jia-yi Collection 甲乙集
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 131
Parables of Huaihai 淮海寓言
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 131

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Satire Originals 讒本
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 131
Dialogue · Speaker · With Master Luo (羅尊師)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 133, 140, 142
Poems · Author · With Wei (威)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passages 204-205

Events and relationships

Collected his poems and sent them to Wei
Scholarly · Author · With Wei (威)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 204
Failed six times
Examination · Candidate
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 132
Received gifts and clan kinship recognition
Scholarly · Recipient · With Wei (威)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 203
Sent poem collection
Scholarly · Author · With Luo Wei (羅威)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 196
Relation Kinsman claiming uncle of · Person Luo Shaowei (羅紹威)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 147, 150

Assessments and attributes

Assessment enjoyed contemporary renown for poetry · Mode narrative
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 202
Assessment had contemporary poetic fame · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 194
appearance archaic and uncomely
Physical description
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 115
Item million cash and gifts 百萬 · Relation Received · With Luo Shaowei (羅紹威)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 152

Source notes

Main text: died over eighty at Qiantang; Jianquan Diary: died Kaiping 3 and buried at Dingshan
Field death-date
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 121, 127
Eastern River Student 江東生
Style
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 194
To Jiangdong Sheng 江東生 · Mode self-styled
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 202

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 3 passages

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錢塘人羅隱者，有當世詩名，自號「江東生」。 Luo Yin of Qiantang enjoyed great renown as a poet of his day and styled himself "Eastern River Student."

威遣使賂遺，敘其宗姓，推為叔父。 Wei sent envoys with gifts, traced their shared clan ancestry, and treated Yin as his uncle.

隱亦集其詩寄之。 Yin in turn sent Wei a collection of his poems.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 18 passages

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羅隱， Luo Yin,

〈（《唐才子傳》：隱字昭諫。）〉 (The 《Biographies of Tang Talents》 gives his style as Zhaojian.)〉

隱雖負文稱，然貌古而陋。 For all his literary fame, Yin looked old and plain.

畋女幼有文性，嘗覽隱詩卷，諷誦不已，畋疑其女有慕才之意。 Tian's daughter was literary; reading Yin's poems she could not stop reciting them, and Tian thought she admired the poet.

一日，隱至第，鄭女垂簾而窺之，自是絕不詠其詩。 When Yin visited the house the girl peeked through the curtain; from then on she never read his verse again.

梁開平二年，授給事中。 In Kaiping 2 of Liang he became Attendant Gentleman.

《五代史補》：羅隱在科場，恃才傲物，尤為公卿所惡，故六舉不第。 The 《Supplement to the History of the Five Dynasties》 says: In the examinations Yin leaned on his talent, was proud and rude, and was so hated by the great families that he failed six times.

時長安有羅尊師者，深於相術，隱以貌陋，恐為相術所棄，每與尊師接談，常自大以沮之。 In Chang'an there was a Master Luo skilled in physiognomy; Yin, fearing his looks would doom him, always bragged when they met to discourage a reading.

隱懵然不知所措者數日。 Yin was stunned and for days could not decide.

隱謂知之，因盡以尊師之言告之。 Thinking she might understand, he told her everything the master had said.

媼歎曰：「秀才何自迷甚焉，且天下皆知羅隱，何須一第然後為得哉！ She sighed: "Scholar, you fool yourself! Everyone knows Luo Yin—why must a degree be your only success?

隱聞之釋然，遂歸錢塘。 Relieved, he went straight back to Qiantang.

時錢鏐方得兩浙，置之幕府，使典軍中書檄，其後官給事中。 Qian Liu had just taken the two Zhes; he put Yin in his secretariat to draft army papers and later made him Attendant Gentleman.

初，隱罷上中書之日，費窘，因抵魏謁鄴王羅紹威，將入其境，先貽書敘其家世，鄴王為侄。 Once, broke after failing the Secretariat exam, he went to Wei to see Luo Shaowei and beforehand sent a letter claiming kinship—the prince was his nephew.

幕府僚吏見其書，皆怒曰：「羅隱一布衣爾，而侄視大王，其可乎！」 His staff read the letter and cried: "Luo Yin is a nobody—yet he calls the prince his nephew! Impossible!"

紹威素重士，且曰：「羅隱名振天下，王公大夫多為所薄，今惠然肯顧，其何以勝！ Shaowei, who loved scholars, said: "Luo Yin's name fills the realm; lords and ministers he has often scorned—now he honors me—how can I not be overwhelmed!

於是擁旆郊迎，一見即拜，隱亦不讓。 He went out with banners to meet him at the suburbs, bowed at once, and Yin accepted without demur.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 60Volume 60 Book of Later Tang 36: Biographies 12: Li Xiji, Wang Jian, Li Jingyi, Lu Rubi, Li Dexiu, Su Xun · 1 passage

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錢塘有羅隱，魏博有李山甫，皆有文稱，與襲吉齊名於時。 Qiantang had Luo Yin and Weibo had Li Shanfu; all were famed for their writing and ranked with Xiji in that age.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 67Volume 67: Hereditary House of Wuyue · 1 passage

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镠乃以杜棱、阮結、顧全武等為將校，沈崧、皮光業、林鼎、羅隱為賓客。 Qian Liu then appointed Du Ling, Ruan Jie, and Gu Quanwu among others as his commanders, and Shen Song, Pi Guangye, Lin Ding, and Luo Yin as his advisers.