Wang Wei

Wang Wei

male, deceased (761)
TangDynastypolitician, Tang Dynasty poet, chinese, landscape, chancellor, bodhi…tang dynasty
Wang Wei, sometimes titled the "Poet Buddha", was a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter and statesman. From a high family, he passed the...
Han Yu

Han Yu

male, deceased (824)
TangDynastypolitician, Tang Dynasty poet, Common Era, luoyang, shakespeare, goethe
Han Yu (768—824), born in Nanyang, Henan, China, was a precursor of Neo-Confucianism as well as an essayist and poet. The "Indiana Companion" ca...
Du Mu

Du Mu

male, deceased (852)
852 in poetry, 803 in poetry, TangDynastypolitician, Tang Dynasty poet, chinese, art of war…tang dynasty
Du Mu (803—852) was a leading realistic Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty. His courtesy name was Muzhi (牧之), and sobriquet Fánchuan (樊川). H...
Liu Zongyuan

Liu Zongyuan

male, deceased (819)
Tang Dynasty poet, TangDynastypolitician, hunan, tang dynasty, Chinese writer, Buddhism…Song Dynasty, Masters of the Tang
Liu Zongyuan (773 - 819) was a Chinese writer who lived in Chang'an during the Tang dynasty. Along with Han Yu, he was a founder of the Classical...
Luo Binwang

Luo Binwang

male, deceased (684)
Guanguang, Wuzhou, Zhejiang, TangDynastypolitician, Tang Dynasty poet, courtesy name, autobiographical…Four Greats of the Early Tang, tang dynasty
Luo Binwang, courtesy name Guanguang (观光), was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Born in modern Wuzhou, Zhejiang, he was raised in Shandong. Luo...
Bai Juyi

Bai Juyi

male, deceased (846)
Haku Rakuten, TangDynastypolitician, Tang Dynasty poet, chinese, Guqin, Po Chü-i…tang dynasty
Bai Juyi or Po Chü-i was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. His poems are not cheerful, and were themed around his responsibilities as a governor o...

Fan Chuo

male
TangDynastypolitician, Simplified Chinese, Pinyin, Traditional Chinese character, Nanzhao, Simplified Chinese character…tang dynasty
Fan Chuo (Traditional Chinese: 樊綽; Simplified Chinese: 樊绰; pinyin: fán chuò) (??? - late 9th century) was a secretary working under the Jie-du (Tr...
Li Shangyin

Li Shangyin

male, deceased (858)
Yishan, TangDynastypolitician, Tang Dynasty poet, courtesy name, satirical, sentimental…tang dynasty
Li Shangyin, courtesy name Yishan (義山), was a Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty, born in Henei (now Qinyang, Henan Province). Along with Li He,...
Liu Yuxi

Liu Yuxi

male, deceased (842)
TangDynastypolitician, Tang Dynasty poet, poet, chinese, President of the Board of Rites, Board of Rites
Liu Yuxi (劉禹錫; 772-842) was a Chinese poet, philosopher, and essayist, active during the Tang Dynasty. He was an associate of Bai Juyi and was kn...
Yan Zhenqing

Yan Zhenqing

male, deceased (785)
TangDynastypolitician, tang dynasty, Calligrapher, chinese, yan
Yan Zhenqing (709 - 785) was a leading Chinese calligrapher and a loyal governor of the Tang Dynasty. His artistic accomplishment in Chinese...