abstract:Song Lian (宋濂, 1310 - 1381), style name Jinglian (景濂), was a literary and political adviser to the Ming dynasty founder, and one of the principal figures in the Mongol Yuan Dynasty Jinhua school of Neo-Confucianism. As a head of the official Bureau of History of the Ming dynasty, Song Lian directed compilation of the official dynastic history of the preceding defunct Yuan Dynasty.
Song Lianis a well-knownhistorian and literary figure of the lateYuanandearly Ming periods, and histhought and workshavehadan importantinfluenceonlater generations.