Wang Wei (701-761, some say 699-761), Han nationality, was born in Puzhou, Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) in the Tang Dynasty. His ancestral home was Qixian County, Shanxi. He was a famous poet and painter in the Tang Dynasty. , whose courtesy name is Mojie, whose name is Mojie layman, and who is known as "Wang Youcheng" in the world. He believed in Buddhism in his early years, but in his later period, he completely converted to Zen due to social attacks. There are more than 400 poems in existence, and representative poems include "Lovesickness", "Mountain Dwelling in Autumn Twilight", etc. Wang Wei studied Zen and understood philosophy, studied Zhuang Daoism, and was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting, music, etc. He and Meng Haoran were collectively known as "Wang Meng".
Su Shi commented on him: “When you taste Mojie’s poems, there are paintings within the poems; when you look at Mojie’s paintings, there are poems within the paintings.
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