Abstract: Yang Shen, a native of Xindu in Sichuan during the Ming Dynasty, was relegated to Yunnan due to political turmoil, and lived there for more than thirty years, covering the mountains and rivers of Yunnan, leaving behind a considerable number of stone inscriptions, more than twenty at a rough count. In Yunnan, under the influence of the landscape and customs, Sheng'an either sentimentalized the landscape in the stone inscriptions, using history to express his will; or mingled with Yunnan scribes and sang to soothe the soul; or cared about people's livelihood, attaching importance to education, always full of "other country being the hometown" a sense of affection. From the point of view of literary art, there are works full of emotional flow, as well as gorgeous rhetorical works, showing the diversity of Yang Sheng's literature. For Yunnan, Sheng'an and his stone inscriptions have become a cultural symbol of tolerance and inclusion, symbolizing the harmonious development of the Central Plains and the frontier.

Key words: Ming Dynasty, Yang Shen, stone carving, relegated to Yunnan, literature characteristics