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Portrait or photograph of Yang Kui: Yang Kui Literature Memorial Museum, Xinhua District, Tainan City, Taiwan

Virtual Memorial

Yang Kui

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Yang Kui, remembered for Taiwanese literature, Social realism, Modern fiction.

1906 - 1985Tainan, Taiwan
Portrait or photograph of Yang Kui: Home of the Farmer Writer Yang Kui in Taiwan by 黃榮燦
Home of the Farmer Writer Yang Kui in Taiwan by 黃榮燦 黃榮燦, 洪維健工作室, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Yang Kui Is Remembered

Yang Kui is remembered for taiwanese literature, social realism, modern fiction. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Yang Kui.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Tainan, Taiwan is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Yang Kui's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Yang Kui or Yō Ki, originally named Yang Kui (楊貴), was a Taiwanese writer and social activist born in Tainan, Taiwan. He used pen names such as Yang-kuei (楊逵), Yang Chien-wen (楊建文), Lai Chien-erh (賴健兒), Lin Ssu-wen (林泗文), and Ito Ryo.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Yang Kui: ​第三回臺楊展臺中移動展會員歡迎座談會。前排左起陳德旺、楊三郎、李梅樹、陳澄波、李石樵、洪瑞麟等,前排右一張星建、右二林文騰,二排左二楊逵、二排左三田中保男(田中保雄)、後排左三巫永福,後排立者右起吳天賞、莊遂性、(隔一人)葉陶、張深切、巫永福、莊

​第三回臺楊展臺中移動展會員歡迎座談會。前排左起陳德旺、楊三郎、李梅樹、陳澄波、李石樵、洪瑞麟等,前排右一張星建、右二林文騰,二排左二楊逵、二排左三田中保男(田中保雄)、後排左三巫永福,後排立者右起吳天賞、莊遂性、(隔一人)葉陶、張深切、巫永福、莊銘鐺。攝影於臺中州俱樂部。

Unknown author Unknown author, courtesy of 巫永福文化基金會, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Image connected to Yang Kui: Zhong Kui and Demons , ink and color on paper fan by Hua Yan (Hua Yan), 18th century Chinese, Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 350

Zhong Kui and Demons , ink and color on paper fan by Hua Yan (Hua Yan), 18th century Chinese, Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 3505.1

Hua Yan, Honolulu Museum of Art, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Image connected to Yang Kui: Yeung Kui-wan's grave with plaque placed by Hong Kong government [Yang_Quyun]

Yeung Kui-wan's grave with plaque placed by Hong Kong government [Yang_Quyun]

Duncan.france, I took the photograph Previously published: None, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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