1, representative works: Teng Xu, Farewell to Du Shu Administrative Office, etc.
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, representative works: joining the army, fighting in the south of the city, etc.
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, whose representative works include Ancient Meaning of Chang 'an, Watching Lights at Fifteen Nights, Expressing My Feelings on Yuan Day, etc.
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, representative works: Seeking, Imperial Capital, Past, Singing Goose, etc?
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.
Extended data
Four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty laid the foundation of the five-character poem and made it mature. The Five-character Law appeared before the "Four Masters", and Wang Ji, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty (Wang Bo is Wang Ji's nephew), also made efforts, but his works were few. It was not until the "four great masters" that the five laws were fully developed and gradually fixed in their works.
The "Four Masters" created a large number of high-quality poems, which laid a good foundation for Shen Quanqi and the later metrical poems in Song Dynasty. Five-character ancient poems flourished after the Three Kingdoms period, while seven-character ancient poems did not prosper until the Tang Dynasty. The four masters (Yang Jiong without seven-character poems) pushed the seven-character ancient poems to a mature stage with a large number of excellent works.
Therefore, the achievements of the four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty in the development of poetic forms are worthy of full recognition. Among the four people, each has its own emphasis. Wang and Yang are good at five laws, while Lu and Luo are good at seven ancient (seven words). They played an important role in the history of literature. Du Fu, a great realistic poet, praised the "Four Masters".
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Masters in Early Tang Dynasty