Yan Song

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Yan Song
41st and 43rd Senior Grand Secretary
In office 1544–1545
Monarch	Jiajing Emperor
Preceded by	Zhai Luan
Succeeded by	Xia Yan
In office 1548–1562
Monarch	Jiajing Emperor
Preceded by	Xia Yan
Succeeded by	Xu Jie
Minister of Rites
In office 1536–1543
Monarch	Jiajing Emperor
Preceded by	Xia Yan
Succeeded by	Zhang Bi
Personal details
Born	(1480-03-03)March 3, 1480 Fenyi County, Jiangxi
Died	May 29, 1567(1567-05-29) (aged 87) Fenyi County, Jiangxi
Relations	Yan Shifan (son)

Yan Song (simplified Chinese: 严嵩; traditional Chinese: 嚴嵩; pinyin: Yán Sōng; Wade–Giles: Yen Sung; 1480–1567), courtesy name Weizhong (惟中), pseudonym Jiexi (介溪), was a Chinese politician and regent of the Ming dynasty. He was notorious for being corrupt and for dominating the Ming government for two decades as Grand Secretary during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor.