叶向高,明代后期的重要政治人物,杰出的书法家、诗人、藏书家,曾两度担任内阁首辅,位高而权重。不过,比起明初也多次入阁并为朱棣重用的建瓯人杨荣,叶向高只能说是生不逢时,因为他辅佐的皇帝均为昏庸无能之辈,加上宦官魏忠贤一手遮天,左右朝廷,致使其治国安邦之良策无法实施,先后两次告老还乡,最终病 Ye Xianggao, an important political figure in the latter part of the Ming Dynasty, an outstanding calligrapher, poet and bibliophile, once held the position of the first assistant to the cabinet. However, compared to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty also repeatedly entered the Court and re-use of Zhu Di Yang Rong, Ye Xianggao can only say that it is due to his failure, because he assisted the emperor are unconscionable generation, coupled with eunuch Wei Zhongxian Hand over the sky, left and right court, resulting in its good policy of managing the country and the state can not be implemented, has twice returned home, eventually disease