Chang Jian (, early part 8th centuryWu, 223), and whose name, especially in older English transliteration, appears as "Ch'ang Chien", was a

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

of the

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, and two of whose poems were collected in the popular anthology ''

Three Hundred Tang Poems The ''Three Hundred Tang Poems'' () is an anthology of poems from the Chinese Tang dynasty (618–907). It was first compiled around 1763 by Sun Zhu (1722–1778Yu, 64–65), who was a Qing Dynasty scholar and was also known as Hengtang Tuishi ( ...

''.

Biography

Chang Jian seems to be connected with the stratagem of "Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem" of the ''

Thirty-Six Stratagems The ''Thirty-Six Stratagems'' is a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and civil interaction. Its focus on the use of cunning and deception both on the battlefield and in court have drawn comparisons ...

''.

Poetry

Chang Jian is best known for his two poems which are included in the ''Three Hundred Tang Poems'', translated by

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as "At Wang Changling's Retreat" (a reference to the poet

Wang Changling Wang Changling (; 698–756) was a major Tang dynasty poet. His courtesy name was Shaobo (). He was originally from Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi province, according to the editors of the ''Three Hundred Tang Poems'', although other sources clai ...

) and "A Buddhist Retreat Behind Broken-mountain Temple" .

Notes

References

*Wu, John C. H. (1972). The Four Seasons of Tang Poetry. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E.Tuttle.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Jian Three Hundred Tang Poems poets Year of death unknown Writers from Xi'an Year of birth unknown 8th-century Chinese poets Poets from Shaanxi