Wang Yucheng (or Yu-Ch'eng) (王禹偁, 954–1001) was a Chinese
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 ...
from
Juye in the
Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
province. He served in a government post and was known for forthright criticism of policies; this led to his eventual banishment to the South.
Song dynasty poets
954 births
1001 deaths
Writers from Heze
Poets from Shandong
10th-century Chinese poets
11th-century Chinese poets
10th-century Chinese historians
Historians from Shandong
Song dynasty essayists
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