Huangfu Mi (215–282), courtesy name: Huangfu Shi-an, sobriquet in his old age: Xuan Yan, given name Jing in his childhood, was from Chaona, Anding (today's Pingliang County, Gansu Province). He lived in the Jin Dynasties (265–316). Later, he moved to Xin'an (today's Mianchi County, Henan Province) with his uncle. Born into a poor family, he had to do farm work in daytime and studied at night. After hard working for years, he integrated the intellectual achievements of hundreds of schools of thoughts, and eventually became a prestigious scholar himself. According to legend, Zuo Si, an unknown writer, spent 10 years to complete writing the prose of San Du Fu (Praiseworthy Three Cities), in which the three cities – Chendu, Jianye and Luoyang won applause for their prosperity. But he thought “the words of the lowly carry little weight”, so he went to ask Huangfu Mi to write a preface for him. After reading the prose, Huangfu Mi heaped praise upon him and willingly agreed. As expected, the prose gained a reputation far and wide. Scholars and noblemen were scrambling to make and circulate its copies at the capital, which caused paper in short supply and the price of paper was rising steadily. From above we can see Huangfu Mi's great influence.
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