A person in the Song

The chamber was spacious. On either side of the main gate stood turtle and crane longevity palace lanterns, while two maids on the other side carried lanterns, casting a soft, mellow glow from the candles throughout the room.,Before the young man stood several elders, all over fifty or sixty years old, with white hair or a mix of gray and white, standing solemnly.,The old man's name was Lü Yijian. He was a scholar of the Song Dynasty, serving as the Right Assistant Minister of the Secretariat and Grand Scholar of the Imperial Academy. He was also known as the Duke of Shen.。