I. Wang Bo
Zi 'an was born in Longmen, Jiangzhou (now Hejin, Shanxi). Zhou Guo once joined the army. Preface to Wang Tengting is a parallel prose written by him when he was young, and it is a famous piece in China classical literature, which has been circulated for a long time.
It is said that he prepared pen and ink before writing an article, fell asleep after drinking it, and woke up with a wave of his hand without changing a word. At that time, people called his poems "draft by heart". His poems are fresh and natural, and there are often epigrams in one of them, like exotic flowers and herbs mixed in the valley, which makes people never tire of reading them. The famous "Sunset and Lonely Qi Fei, Autumn waters and sky are one color" is a famous sentence in his article.
Second, Yang Jiong.
Yang Jiong (650 ~ 693), a poet in the Tang Dynasty, was born in Huayin (now Shaanxi). In the fourth year of Xianqing (659), he was a prodigy. Shang Yuan three years (676), it should be mentioned. Editing and proofreading bookkeeper, moved to Zhan.
In 685, the first year of Wuhou's hanging arch, he gave way to Xu Jingye from his ancestor Yang Shen and joined the army as a righteous man in Zizhou. In the first year of Tianshou (690), he taught at Luoyang Palace Art Museum. In the first year of Ruyi (692), he moved to Yingchuan after the autumn, and the official management was famous for its harshness, and he died in the official. Known as Yang Yingchuan.
Third, Lu
Lu (about 637 ~ 689) was a poet in the Tang Dynasty. From this, the word "You Zi" comes into being. Yang (now Zhuoxian County, Hebei Province) was born. When I was young, I received primary school education and classic works from Wang. I have knowledge and culture. In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozong Yonghui (654), it was signed by Deng Wang (Li Yuanyu). Wang Deng, who was deeply loved by Wang Deng, once said, "It's like Sima Xiangru."
At the beginning of the third year of Emperor Gaozong's official seal (668), he served as a captain in Xindu, Yizhou (now near Chengdu, Sichuan). Rank full, roaming in Shu. He lived in Luoyang after he left Shu. He was once imprisoned in an accident, and he was exempted from the responsibility of saving his friends. He caught wind disease and lived in Taibai Mountain near Chang 'an. He was poisoned by taking Dan medicine and his hands and feet were disabled.
Fourth, Wang Luobin.
Luo (about 619-about 687) was a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Word sightseeing, Wuzhou Yiwu (now Yiwu, China, Zhejiang) people. A poet in the early Tang Dynasty? [3]? Also known as "Luo Fu" with Fu Jiamo.
His father, the magistrate of Bochang County in Qingzhou, died anywhere. He can write poetry at the age of seven and is known as a "child prodigy". It is said that the poem of chanting geese was written at this time: "Wild goose, wild goose, wild goose, Xiang Tiange, white hair floating green water, red palm playing clear waves." After his father died, he lived in Boshan, then moved to Xianqiu County, Yanzhou, and spent his early years in poverty.
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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. 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.
The rankings of the four outstanding figures are also different. 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.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Masters in Early Tang Dynasty