Wang Bo was smart and studious since he was a child. According to Old Tang Book, he was able to write articles at the age of six, and he was known as a "child prodigy". At the age of nine, I read Yan Shigu's Notes on Hanshu and wrote ten volumes of Finger Defects to correct my mistakes. At the age of sixteen, he was appointed Saburo at the request of Su You Branch. He was kicked out of Pei Wang Fu for "cockfighting".
After that, Wang Bo spent three years traveling in Bashu mountains and rivers and wrote a lot of poems. After returning to Chang 'an, he asked Zhou Guo to join the army. When he joined the army, he was demoted twice for killing government slaves privately. In August of the 3rd year of Shang Dynasty (676), Tang Gaozong returned from visiting his father and drowned across the sea. He is good at five laws and five unique skills, and his representative works include "Farewell to Vice Governor Du to Shu".
2. Yang Jiong
Yang Jiong grew up smart and knowledgeable. In the fourth year of Tang Xianqing (659), he was promoted by a boy and his brother. The following year, the Hong Wen Pavilion will be completed soon. In 676, Tang Gaozong was promoted to secretary and secretary of provincial studies. In the first year of Tang Yongchun (682), he was promoted to Prince Li Xian and judge. Tang Chuigong two years (686), was demoted.
3. Lu
Lu (about 636- 695), a native of Fanyang, Youzhou, Han nationality, was a poet in the early Tang Dynasty.
Lu was born into a noble family. Ren Yizhou Xindu (now near Chengdu, Sichuan) is the governor. In literature, he is as famous as Wang Bo, Yang Jiong and Wang Luobin, and is called "four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty". There are seven volumes in Lu Shengji, a subset of mourning edited and annotated by Zhang Xie in Ming Dynasty.
Lu Yougong's poems are parallel prose, with good poetic style, and many beautiful sentences are full of praise, such as "Why did you quit your job when you were more successful than your eyes?" Better be a mandarin duck than a fairy, etc., is praised as a classic by later generations.
4. Luo
Luo (about 619-about 687 AD), Han nationality, born in Yiwu, Wuzhou (now Yiwu, Zhejiang), was a poet in the Tang Dynasty. In the emperor's Yonghui, Li, the king of Taoism, was a master of martial arts and Chang 'an. In the third year of Yifeng (678), she became a counselor, was imprisoned for something, and was pardoned the following year.
In the second year (680), except Linhai Cheng, he resigned in frustration. In the first year of Guangzhai (684), Xu Jingye started a crusade against Wu Zetian, and Robin wrote Xu Jingye from Wu Zhao for him. An election campaign listed the crimes of Wuhou, which was very touching. When Wu Hou read this sentence, "A handful of dirt is wet, and six feet are lonely (where)", he was extremely shocked and asked the Prime Minister why he didn't reuse this person earlier.
5. Li Bai
Li Bai (70 1-762) was a great romantic poet in Tang Dynasty, and he was also called "Poet Fairy" and "Du Li" with Du Fu.
In order to distinguish Li Shangyin and Du Mu from "Little Du Li", Du Fu and Li Bai are also called "Big Du Li". According to the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Li Bai is the ninth grandson of Gui Li, the king of Liang, and he is a descendant of all kings. He is cheerful and generous, loves to drink and write poems, and likes to make friends.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Masters in Early Tang Dynasty
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Li Bai