Yang Jisheng, Ming dynasty official and Confucian martyr (died 1555)

Yang Jisheng was a Chinese court official of the Ming dynasty who held multiple posts during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. He is remembered as a political opponent of Yan Song, on whose initiative he was arrested and eventually executed. His death, widely perceived as unjust, was followed by significant posthumous veneration of his memory during the late imperial era.

June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 198 days remain until the end of the year.