Tang Dynasty: Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Zhang Jiuling, Meng Haoran, Wang Changling, He, Wang Zhihuan, Liu Changqing, Gao Shi.
Mid-Tang Dynasty: Liu Zongyuan, Han Yu, Bai Juyi, Meng Jiao, Lu Lun, Li He, Liu Yuxi, Jia Dao, Wei, Yuan Zhen.
Late Tang Dynasty: Li Shangyin, Wen, Du Mu, Ma, Dai Duxun and.
: 1. The four outstanding writers in the early Tang Dynasty refer to the writers in the early Tang Dynasty in China, Yang Jiong, Lu, Luo. The four outstanding figures are equally famous, which originally did not refer to their poems, but mainly referred to parallel prose and fu. Later, it was mainly used to evaluate his poems.
2. There is a phrase "Wang Yang and his contemporaries" in Du Fu's Six Plays, which is generally considered to refer to their poems; However, some people think that referring to the text, such as Zong Tingfu's "On the quatrains of ancient and modern poetry" in the Qing Dynasty, is called "This first theory is 46"; Or think that it also refers to poetry, such as Liu Kezhuang's "Continued Poems in Houcun". When discussing this poem, take Fu, couplet and poem as examples. ?
3. The rankings of the four outstanding figures are also recorded differently. Song's Essay on Sacrificing Du said that after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, "Wang Luo" returned and listed all the people in this order, which is the earliest known material. Zhang said that "Zhi Bei Tai Wei Pei Gong" said: "When choosing Cao, see Luo,,, and Yang Jiong", headed by Luo. Du Fu's poem "Wang Luzuo at that time", one is "Wang Yang Luo Lu"; The Biography of Pei Xingjian in the Old Tang Dynasty was also prefaced by Wang Yang Luo Lu. ?
4. Although Sisi's poems have not lost their beauty since Qi Liang, they have initially reversed the literary atmosphere. At that time, it was clearly opposed to "official style" and "thinking about its disadvantages", which was supported by Lu and others (Preface to Yang Jiong).