Du Shenyan (, ca. 645–708Wu, 42Luo Yuming ''A Concise History of Chinese Literature'', p. 269) was a Chinese poet and politician. He was a

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of the early

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, and one of whose poems was collected in the popular anthology ''

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''.

Biography

Du Shenyan was born around 646 and lived into his sixties. He was a poet, calligrapher (none of which is known to survive), and the grandfather of the famous poet Du Fu.

Poetry

Du Shenyan is perhaps best known for his one poem which is included in the ''Three Hundred Tang Poems'', translated by

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as "On a Walk in the Early Spring Harmonizing a Poem By my Friend Lu Stationed at Changzhou". A total of Forty-three of his poems survive.

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References

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

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