Famous Ancient Chinese Literati, Poets Introduction

Cen Sen (715-770), a native of Jiangling, Jingzhou, was born in poverty in his early years and studied history and the classics. Cen Shen was a famous poet of the border area in the Sheng Tang Dynasty, known as "Gao Cen" together with Gao Shi. His poems were vigorous and unrestrained, with strange imaginations and magnificent colors, and he was especially good at seven-character poems.

Gao Shi (700-765) was a poet of the Tang Dynasty. His name was Dafu (达夫). He was a native of Cangzhou (present-day Jingxian County, Hebei Province) and lived in Songzhong (present-day Shangqiu, Henan Province). Gao Shi was a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, known as "Gao Cen" together with Cen Shen. Gao Shi's powerful and vigorous writing style is characterized by the spirit of the Tang Dynasty, which is characterized by the spirit of the times, which is enterprising and vigorous. He was young and poor, loved to socialize, had a chivalrous style, and expected to build a career. In his early years, he traveled to Chang'an, and then went to the area of Jimen and Lulong, seeking a way to get into the body, but was unsuccessful. Before and after that, he lived in Songzhong and befriended Li Bai and Du Fu.

Meng Haoran (689-740) Tang Dynasty poet, real name Hao, the word Haoran. He was a native of Xiangyang, Xiangzhou (present-day Xiangfan, Hubei), and was known as Meng Xiangyang. He was also known as Meng Shanren (孟山人), because he had never been an official. Meng Haoran's life experience was relatively simple, and the subject matter of his poems was also very narrow. Most of Meng's poems are short poems in five lines, mostly about landscape and seclusion, as well as about the mood of traveling. Although there is no lack of cynicism in them, they belong more to the poet's self-expression. He is also known as Wang Wei, and although his poetry is far less expansive than Wang's, he has unique artistic attainments.

Wang Zhilu (688-742) was a poet of the Sheng Tang Dynasty, with the character Jiling, whose ancestral home was in Jinyang (present-day Taiyuan, Shanxi Province), and whose ancestor moved to Jiangxian County in present-day Shanxi Province. His poems were often sung by musicians at the time, and he often sang with Gao Shi and Wang Changling, etc. He was known for his skill in describing the scenery of the border areas.

Poetry Immortal: The poems of Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, are full of positive romanticism. He Zhizhang, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, appreciated Li Bai's poems and compared him to an immortal who descended from the sky. Later, people called Li Bai the "Poetry Immortal".

The Sage of Poetry: The poems of Du Fu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, are majestic, gorgeous and subtle, with high ideology and artistry. Many poets of the past generations have taken his poems as a model for learning and honored him as the "Sage of Poetry".

The Poetry Devil: The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi wrote poetry very hard. As he said himself: "Wine madness and lead to poetry devil hair, daytime sad chanting to the west of the sun." Excessive recitation and writing, even to the point of mouth and tongue sores, fingers into calloused. So people called "poetry devil".

Poetry ghosts: Tang Dynasty poet Li He's versatile and short-lived poets most of the peculiar conception, the mood of the grotesque, disorienting trance, unpredictable. Song Wei Qingzhi cloud: "Taibai immortal talent, Changji ghost talent." Therefore, it has the name of "poetry ghost".