Background
He was born and raised in Jiangling, which was once the capital of Chu.
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Yu Xin
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Career
His family was wealthy and aristocratic, and Yu became an important official of the Liang dynasty. As such, he served as the lover and patron of aspiring statesman Wang Shao. In 554, Yu Xin was sent as an ambassador to the Western Wei in Chang"an, a mission that did not meet with success.
On the way to his mission, he visited Wang Shao, now an official censor, who rejected further advances.
Perhaps his most famous poem is The Lament for the South (哀江南賦), which James Hightower has described as the highest development of the fu form of poetry. His courtesy name was Zǐshān (子山).
