Famous ancient Chinese poets include: Wang Bo, Chen Ziang, Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Wang Changling, Gao Shi, Cen Shen, Li Bai, Du Fu, Liu Changqing, Wei Yingwu, Han Yu, etc.
1. Wang Bo
Wang Bo (about 650-676), courtesy name Zian, was a Han nationality and a writer in the Tang Dynasty. A native of Longmen, Jiangzhou (today's Hejin, Shanxi), he was born into a Confucian family. Together with Yang Jiong, Lu Zhaolin, and King Luo Bin, he was known as the "King Yang Luluo" and the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty".
Wang Bo has been smart and studious since he was a child. According to the "Old Book of Tang", he was able to write articles at the age of six. His writing style was fluent and he was praised as a "child prodigy". When he was nine years old, he read Yan Shi's ancient annotations of "Hanshu" and wrote ten volumes of "Zhixia" to correct his mistakes. At the age of sixteen, Ying Yousu passed the examination and was appointed Chaosan Lang. He was kicked out of Prince Pei's Mansion for doing "Cock Fighting". After that, Wang Bo spent three years touring the mountains and rivers of Bashu and wrote a large number of poems. After returning to Chang'an, he asked Guozhou to join the army. While serving in the army, he was demoted twice for killing an official slave privately.
In August of the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (676), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, when he was returning from Jiaozhi to visit his father, he unfortunately crossed the sea and drowned, and died of panic. Wang Bo is good at the five rhymes and five unique poems in poetry genres. His representative works include "Sending Du Shaofu to Shuzhou"; his main literary achievement is parallel prose, which is the best in terms of quantity and quality. His representative works include "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" wait.
2. Meng Haoran
Meng Haoran (689-740), whose name was Hao, whose courtesy name was Haoran, and whose name was Mengshan, was from Xiangyang, Xiangzhou (now Xiangyang, Hubei). He was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. A landscape pastoral poet, known as "Meng Xiangyang" in the world. Because he had never been an official, he was also called "Mengshan Man".
Meng Haoran was born in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In his early years, he had ambitions to serve the world. After being frustrated and painfully disappointed in his official career, he was still able to respect himself, did not flatter the world, and practiced Taoism and lived in seclusion for the rest of his life. He once lived in seclusion in Lumen Mountain. When he was 40 years old, he traveled to Chang'an and failed to win the imperial examination. He once wrote poems in Taixue, and became famous among the officials. He was so impressed that he wrote for him. In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan (737), Zhang Jiuling attracted the shogunate and lived in seclusion. Most of Meng's poems are five-character short stories, mostly describing landscapes, pastoral scenes, the joy of living in seclusion, and the mood of traveling and traveling. Although there are some cynical words in it, they are more of the poet's self-expression.
Meng Haoran's poems have unique artistic attainments. Later generations called Meng Haoran and Wang Wei, another landscape poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, "Wang Meng" together. There are three volumes of "Meng Haoran Collection" handed down to the world.
3. Li Bai
Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi, also known as "Exiled Immortal", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty. He was hailed as the "Immortal of Poetry" by later generations, and was called "Li Du" together with Du Fu. In order to distinguish him from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, known as "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai were also collectively called "Big Li Du". According to the "New Book of Tang" records, Li Bai was the ninth grandson of Emperor Xingsheng (Liang Wuzhao King Li Hao) and the same clan as the kings of Li and Tang Dynasties. He is cheerful and generous, loves drinking, writing poetry, and making friends.
Li Bai was deeply influenced by Huang Lao Liezhuang's thoughts. There is "Collection of Li Taibai" handed down to the world. Most of his poems were written when he was drunk. His representative works include "Wang Lushan Waterfall", "The Road is Difficult" and "The Road to Shu is Difficult". "About to Enter the Wine", "Liang Fu Yin", "Early Departure from Baidi City" and many other songs.
The Song Dynasty people have biographies of Li Bai's poems and poems (such as the first volume of Wen Ying's "Xiangshan Wild Records"). In terms of its pioneering significance and artistic achievements, "Li Bai's Ci" enjoys an extremely high status.
4. Du Fu
Du Fu (712-770), named Zimei, also known as Shaoling Yelao, was a great realist poet in the Tang Dynasty. Together with Li Bai, he was known as "Li Bai". Du". Originally from Xiangyang, Hubei Province, he later moved to Gongxian County, Henan Province. In order to distinguish them from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, known as "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai are also collectively known as "Big Li Du", and Du Fu is often called "Old Du".
The core of Du Fu's thoughts is the Confucian benevolent government. He has the grand ambition of "bringing the kings to Yao and Shun, and then making the customs pure." Although Du Fu was not well-known during his lifetime, he later became famous and had a profound impact on both Chinese and Japanese literature. About 1,500 poems by Du Fu have been preserved, most of which are collected in "Du Gongbu Collection".
In the winter of the fifth year of the Dali calendar (770), Du Fu died of illness at the age of fifty-nine. Du Fu had a profound influence on Chinese classical poetry. He was called the "Sage of Poetry" by later generations, and his poems were called the "History of Poetry". Later generations called him Du Shiyi and Du Gongbu, and also called him Du Shaoling and Du Caotang.
5. Wei Yingwu
Wei Yingwu (737-792) was a poet of the Tang Dynasty in China. Han nationality, from Chang'an (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province). The great-grandson of Wenchang Right Prime Minister Wei Daizi was born in Weishi's Xiaoyao Public House in Jingzhao. Today there are 10 volumes of "Wei Jiangzhou Collection", two volumes of "Wei Suzhou Collection of Poems", and 10 volumes of "Wei Suzhou Collection". Only one essay survives. Because he served as the governor of Suzhou, he was known as "Wei Suzhou" in the world. His poetic style is calm and lofty, and he is famous for his ability to describe scenery and reclusive life.
References Baidu Encyclopedia-Wei Yingwu
Baidu Encyclopedia-Du Fu
Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Bai
Baidu Encyclopedia-Meng Haoran
Baidu Encyclopedia-Wang Bo