Wen Tianxiang
Chinese poet
Died when: 46 years 217 days (559 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Wen Tianxiang (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Wén Tianxiáng;June 6, 1236 – January 9, 1283), noble title Duke of Xin (???), was a Chinese poet and politician in the last years of the Southern Song dynasty.
For his resistance to Kublai Khan's invasion of the Southern Song dynasty, and for his refusal to yield to the Yuan dynasty despite being captured and tortured, he is a popular symbol of patriotism, righteousness, and resistance against tyranny in China.
He is known as one of the 'Three Loyal Princes of the Song' (?????), alongside Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie.Wen Tianxiang is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (???, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang.
His continuing symbolic importance was evident in an event that took place in Wen Tianxiang's historical shrine in Haifeng (Haifeng County) in 1908, where Chen Jiongming persuaded over thirty young men from the village to swear secret support for a national revolution.
