Introduction to Yu Qian (short)
Yu Qian (1398— 1457), whose name was Ting Yi, was a famous minister of Ming Dynasty, Han nationality, and whose name was Shao Bao. In the autumn of the fourteenth year of orthodoxy (1449), Yingzong was captured by Wala in the topped rebellion. Some people in the imperial court advocated moving south to avoid the enemy. Yu Qian insisted on defending Beijing and won the battle of the capital. In the first year of Jingtai (1450), the Ming Dynasty recovered Yingzong and sentenced Yu Qian to death for treason. In the second year of Hongzhi (1489), Dr. Guanglu, Zhu Guo and Taifu were given special gifts. He was buried at the foot of Santai Mountain in Hangzhou West Lake. There is a shrine named "Gong Jing" in the tomb. During the Wanli period, Ming Shenzong changed to posthumous title's "loyalty". And Yu Suzhong Ji. Later generations honored Yu Qian as a national hero.