Huangfu Ran (714? – 767?) was a

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of the mid-Tang dynasty. His

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was Maozheng.

Biography

Birth and early life

He was born around 714. He was a native of Anding (modern-day

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). According to the ''

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'', Huangfu was able to compose literature by the age of ten, impressing

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, who was the

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under Emperor Xuanzong at the time. He was the older brother of .

Political career

He left government after attaining the post of ''Zuo Bujue'' ().

Death

He died around 767.

Names

His

was Maozheng.

Poetry

In literary history, Huangfu is generally considered a poet of the so-called mid-Tang period, which spanned the late-eighth to early-ninth century. There is an anthology of his poetry, called ''Tang Huangfu Ran Shiji'' ().

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'' that include collected poems of Huangfu Ran at the

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