title: Yan Sheng
text: # Yan Sheng
  
  Yan Sheng or Yansheng or variation, may refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * Yansheng (演圣镇), a town in Jiange County, Sichuan Province, China
  
  ## People
  
  * Duke Yansheng (衍聖公; Holy Duke of Yen), a traditional ceremonial title of Chinese nobility held within the Kong Clan for descendants of Kong Fu Zi (Confucius)
  
  ### Given named "Yan-sheng"
  
  * Chen Yansheng (陈演生), leader of the Chinese political party China Zhi Gong Party
  * Dong Yansheng, award-winning translator into Chinese, winner of the Lu Xun Literary Prize
  * Li Yan-sheng (9th century CE), a famed participant in the Tang Dynasty Imperial Examination that exacerbated the Hua–Yi distinction
  * Wu Yansheng (吴彦晟; born 1984), Chinese soccer player
  * Yang Yansheng (杨雁盛; born 1988), Chinese polevaulter
  
  **Fictional characters**
  
  * General Shi Yan-sheng, a fictional character from the 1993 Hong King film Temptation of a Monk
  
  ### Surnamed "Yan" given named "Sheng"
  
  **Fictional characters**
  
  * Yan Sheng (殷勝), a fictional character from the Hong Kong film Endgame (2021 film)
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Yansheng coin (厭勝錢), decorative coins used for traditional Chinese rituals and as amulets
  