Xu Ling () (507–583) was the compiler and editor of the famous poetry anthology ''
New Songs from the Jade Terrace
''New Songs from the Jade Terrace'' () is an anthology of early medieval Chinese poetry in the romantic or semi-erotic "palace style" (''gongti'' ) that dates to the late Southern dynasties period (420589). Most editions of ''New Songs'' contain ...
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[http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Poetry/yutaixinyong.html Theobald, Ulrich. CHINAKNOWLEDGEuly July 3, 2010, accessed 14 April 2019 ] during the poetically prolific
Southern Dynasties
The Northern and Southern dynasties () was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 to 589, following the tumultuous era of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty. It is sometimes considered as ...
era, 420–589. His courtesy name (''zi'') was Xiao Mu ().
Biography
Xu Ling was born in what is now
Tancheng County
Tancheng County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linyi, in Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Tancheng is the southernmost county-level division of Shandong Province and borders Jiangsu. It is ab ...
,
Shandong Province
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 civilizatio ...
, China, and early in life achieved fame for poetry and literature. He has achieved lasting renown for his anthology ''New Songs from the Jade Terrace'', which he compiled under the patronage of Xiao Gang (503-551), first a prince, and who was then later known as
Liang Jianwendi, after becoming Emperor of the
Liang Dynasty
The Liang dynasty (), alternatively known as the Southern Liang () in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the third of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. It was preceded by the South ...
, 549-551.
See also
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Six Dynasties
Six Dynasties (; 220–589 or 222–589) is a collective term for six Han-ruled Chinese dynasties that existed from the early 3rd century AD to the late 6th century AD. The Six Dynasties period overlapped with the era of the Sixteen Kingdoms, ...
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New Songs from the Jade Terrace
''New Songs from the Jade Terrace'' () is an anthology of early medieval Chinese poetry in the romantic or semi-erotic "palace style" (''gongti'' ) that dates to the late Southern dynasties period (420589). Most editions of ''New Songs'' contain ...
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Yu Xin
References
Web
Other
*Watson, Burton (1971). ''Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century''. New York: Columbia University Press.
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Liang dynasty poets
507 births
583 deaths
Liang dynasty politicians
Chen dynasty poets
Chen dynasty politicians
6th-century Chinese poets
6th-century Chinese writers