Yang Dongming's Illustration of Starving Citizens and the Henan Flood in the Twenty-First Year of the Wanli's Reign Period
In the twenty-first year of Wanli's reign period in the Ming Dynasty,the breach of the river banks along the Yel-low River resulted in catastrophic devastation in Henan,directly causing the famine in Henan.Subsequently,Yang Dongming penned Illustration of Starving Citizens,a poignant memorial,to the emperor,articulating the harrowing plight of people in Yucheng with the disaster.His narrative vividly portrayed the relentless onslaught of floodwaters,the decimation of crops,and the destitution endured by displaced masses.Yang Dongming's masterful integration of illustrations and vernacular prose made the Emperor of Wanli dispatch officials for relief efforts,thus mitigating the anguish inflicted upon the populace of Henan in the aftermath of the flood calamity.
Yang DongmingIllustration of Starving Citizensflood in Henan Provincethe Ming Dynasty
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