Li Bai (70 1-762), whose word is Taibai, was named Qinglian layman in his later years. His ancestral home was in Ji Cheng, Longxi (now Qin 'an, Gansu), and he moved to the western regions at the end of Sui Dynasty. He was born in Broken Leaf City (now Gilstein), where Dadu Lake House was located at that time. Brilliant genius is called depraved immortality. His poems are rich in imagination, unique in conception, magnificent and bold in style, and he is a representative figure of romantic poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Du Fu (7 12-770), with beautiful words, moved from Xiangyang (now Hubei) to Gongxian (now Henan) and was the grandson of Du Fu, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty. Du Shaoling and Du Gongbu are famous for their poems, because they often call themselves "young Ling Ye Lao" and served as foreign ministers in the Ministry of Supervision. Their poems are good at choosing social themes with universal significance, reflecting the political corruption at that time and expressing the people's wishes to some extent. Many of his excellent works show the historical process of the Tang Dynasty from the prosperity of Kaiyuan to the disintegration and decline, so they are called "the history of poetry". The style of poetry is gloomy and the language is concise and vivid, which has a great influence on later poets.
Wang Wei (70 1-76 1) was originally from Qi (now Qixian County, Shanxi Province) and his father moved (now Yongji West, Shanxi Province), so he was named Hedong. Kaiyuan Jinshi He served as Da Lecheng and You Shiyi. When An Lushan rebelled, he was forced to assume a false post. He has made great achievements in poetry and painting. Su Dongpo praised him for "painting in poetry and poetry in painting", especially for his achievements in landscape poetry. Together with Meng Haoran, they are called "Wang Meng". In his later years, he was careless about his official career and devoted himself to being a Buddha. Later, he was called "Shi Fo".
Meng Haoran (689-740) was born in Xiangyang, Xiangzhou (now Xiangfan, Hubei). Apart from going to Chang 'an for an examination at the age of forty, I have been living in seclusion in my hometown, Lumen, learning to write poetry. Poetry is mostly about landscape and pastoral, and it is the main landscape and pastoral poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. They are just as famous as Wang Wei and are collectively called "Wang Meng".
Wang Changling (about 690-756? ), the word Shao Bo, now a native of Xi, Shaanxi, is said to be a native of Nanjing or Taiyuan, Shaanxi. In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, he was a scholar and only worked as a small official all his life. During the Anshi Rebellion, he was killed by Qiu Xiao, the secretariat of Bozhou, on his way back to Jiangning. Poetry is easy to write about palace grievances, frontier fortress and farewell, and it is especially good at the seven wonders. It is known as the "Seven Wonders of the Master" and the "Poet's Son of Heaven".
Qiu Wei (694-789? ), a native of Jiaxing, Suzhou (now Zhejiang), was a scholar during the Tianbao period and the son of the right official prince. Make friends with Wang Wei and Liu Changqing and live to be 95 years old. According to legend, he was the longest-lived poet in the Tang Dynasty.
Do not dive (692-749? ), the word Xiaotong, from Jiangling, Hubei, is from Nankang, Jiangxi. In the 14th year of Kaiyuan, he was a scholar, appointed by Yi Shouwei as the Jixian Institute, moved to the left to collect the remains, and finally became A Lang, and then retired to Jiangdong. Many poems describe the secluded life in the mountains and the feelings outside the party, which is beautiful.
Chang Jian (708-765? ), whose native place is unknown, joined Wang Changling as a scholar in the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, and only worked as a non-commissioned officer of Xu Yiwei. Poetry is mainly pastoral poetry, with exquisite language choice and far-reaching realm.