Cui Hao (, 704?–754Wan: 1, his birth year of 704 is in doubt since he would have been somewhat young when he passed the imperial exam.) was a Chinese poet of the

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and considered a main early exponent of the

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form of

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(also known as ''jintishi'').

Biography

Cui Hao was born in Biànzhōu (汴州, present day

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) and passed the

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in 723. He is known to have traveled extensively as an official, particularly between the years 723–744. He was known for three poetry topic - women, frontier outposts, and natural scenery. His life was initially conventional; along with Wang Wei, he was one of the perfectors of the ''

jintishi Regulated verse – also known as Jintishi () – is a development within Classical Chinese poetry of the '' shi'' main formal type. Regulated verse is one of the most important of all Classical Chinese poetry types. Although often regarded as a T ...

'' form. Later, however, he acquired a reputation for disreputable personal behaviour and passed through several marriages. His later verse is similarly unconstrained.

Poems

Fifteen poems exist on the topic of women and fifteen poems exist on the latter two topics.Wan: 2 - 3. Thirty nine poems are contained in Wan's book A famous poem of his is the

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; which is one of the four of his poems included in the

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anthology, written in seven-character-per-line

, and which was later translated into English by

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as "The Yellow Crane Terrace". Also included in the ''Three Hundred Tang Poems'' is a seven-character-per-line regular verse form poem written in the '' huaigu'' genre style on his passage through Huayin, north of Hua Shan, as well as two old or folk style pieces with erotic overtones.

Notes

References

*Wan, Jingjun () 1982. ''The Annotated Poems of Cui Hao'' (). Shanghai Ancient Books Press (). 54 pages..

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Biography

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