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Poets 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 (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

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Bai Juyi Bai Juyi (also Bo Juyi or Po Chü-i; ; 772–846), courtesy name Letian (樂天), was a renowned Chinese poet and Tang dynasty government official. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made about everyday life, including as g ...

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Ban Gu Ban Gu (AD32–92) was a Chinese historian, politician, and poet best known for his part in compiling the ''Book of Han'', the second of China's 24 dynastic histories. He also wrote a number of '' fu'', a major literary form, part prose ...

(32–92 A.D.)Minford, John, and Joseph S. M. Lau, ''Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations, New York: Columbia University Press and Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press , 2000 *

Bei Dao Bei Dao (, born August 2, 1949) is the pen name of the Chinese-American writer Zhao Zhenkai (S: 赵振开, T: 趙振開, P: ''Zhào Zhènkāi''). Among the most acclaimed Chinese-language poets of his generation, he is often regarded as a candida ...

Bei Ling Bei Ling ( zh, t=貝嶺) (born December 28, 1959 in Beijing) is a Chinese poet, and journal editor. He is usually associated with the Chinese misty poets. Life He came to the United States on an exchange, he was a fellow at Brown University. Afte ...

Bian Zhilin Bian Zhilin (, 1910–2000) was a 20th-century Chinese poet, translator and literature researcher. Bian was born in Haimen, Jiangsu on December 8, 1910, and liked to read classical and modern Chinese poems when he was very young. In 1929, he en ...

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Cao Cao Cao Cao () (; 155 – 15 March 220), courtesy name Mengde (), was a Chinese statesman, warlord and poet. He was the penultimate Grand chancellor (China), grand chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, and he amassed immense power in the End of ...

曹操 * Cao Pi * Cao Zhi * Cen Shen * Chen Sanli * Chen Yinke * Chen Zi'ang *

Chūgan Engetsu , Japanese poet, occupies a prominent place in Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains, literature in Chinese written in Japan. Chugan's achievement was his mastery of this difficult medium, a signal of the ripening of Five Mountains poetry and pr ...

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), Japanese poet who wrote in Chinese, a figure in "Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains" (literature in Chinese written in Japan) * Cui Hao, Tang dynasty poet

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* Dai Biaoyuan * Dai Wangshu * Dong Xiaowan *

Du Fu Du Fu (; 712–770) was a Tang dynasty poet and politician. Along with his elder contemporary and friend Li Bai (Li Po), he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese poets.Ebrey, 103. His greatest ambition was to serve his country as ...

杜甫, the "Poet Sage" * Du Mu (803-852), Tang poet, official * Duo Duo

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Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (; 8 September 685 – 3 May 762), personal name Li Longji, was the seventh emperor of the Tang dynasty in China, reigning from 712 to 756 CE. His reign of 44 years was the longest during the Tang dynasty. In the early ...

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Fei Ye Fei Ye (; born 1962) is a Chinese poet who was also involved in the Chinese democracy movement. Although often associated with the Misty Poets, he considers himself of a younger generation and dismisses the label. Fei has published four undergroun ...

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Fenggan Fenggan (, Japanese Bukan, fl. 9th century) was a Chinese Zen monk-poet lived in the Tang Dynasty, associated with Hanshan and Shide in the famed "Tiantai Trio" (天台三聖). Biography Legendarily, Feng appeared one day at Guoqing Temple (locat ...

, "Big Stick", a legendary Buddhist Monk. He was an associate of the famous legendary poets Han Shan and Shih Te.

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* Gao Qi, Ming dynasty poet * Gidō Shūshin *

Gong Zizhen Gong Zizhen ; 1792–1841), courtesy name(''zi'') Seren, literary name (''hao'') Ding'an, was a Chinese poet, calligrapher and intellectual active in the 19th century whose works both foreshadowed and influenced the modernization movements of the ...

Gu Cheng Gu Cheng (; September 24, 1956 – October 8, 1993) was a famous Chinese modern poet, essayist and novelist. He was a prominent member of the "Misty Poets", a group of Chinese modernist poets. Biography Gu Cheng was born in Beijing on 24 Septem ...

* Gu Taiqing * Guan Daosheng * Guo Moruo, poet, historian, archaeologist

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Hai Zi Hai Zi (; March 24, 1964 – March 26, 1989) is the pen name of the Chinese poet Zha Haisheng (). He was one of the most famous poets in Mainland China after the Cultural Revolution. He committed suicide by lying on the rail in Shanhaiguan at t ...

海子, modern mystic poet * Han Yu 韩愈 * Han Shan, "Cold Mountain" * He Zhizhang * Huang Tingjian 黄庭堅 (1045–1105) * Huarui Furen *

Huang Zongxi Huang Zongxi (; September 24, 1610 – August 12, 1695), courtesy name Taichong (), was a Chinese naturalist, political theorist, philosopher, and soldier during the latter part of the Ming dynasty into the early part of the Qing. Biography Huan ...

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Ido Reizan was a Japanese journalist, writer, poet, and liberal activist. He was involved in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, which appears to have forced him into a nomadic lifestyle. Biography Reizan was born Wada Tsuneshige into a family of sa ...

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Jia Dao Jia Dao () (779–843), courtesy name Langxian (), was a Chinese Buddhist monk and poet active during the Tang dynasty. Biography Jia Dao was born near modern Beijing; after a period as a Buddhist monk, he went to Chang'an. He became one of Ha ...

贾岛 * Jia Yi * Jiang Yan

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Ke Yan Ke Yan (, 1929 – 11 December 2011) was a Chinese writer. Ke Yan was born in the province Guangdong. Her father was a writer and a translator, and she has stated that she was first inspired by him to start writing. A playwright, novelist an ...

* Kokan Shiren * Kong Shangren

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Leung Ping-kwan Leung Ping-kwan, ( Chinese: 梁秉鈞, 12 March 1949 – 5 January 2013) whose pen name was Yesi (Chinese: 也斯), was a Hong Kong poet, novelist, essayist, translator, teacher, and scholar who received the Hong Kong Medal of Honor ( MH). He ...

Li E Li E (; 1692–1752), courtesy name Taihong (太鴻), ''hao'' Fanxie (樊榭), was a Qing Dynasty Chinese poet, essayist, and scholar. Known for his erudition and his poems of the "pure and spare" style, Li is recognized as one of the leaders of t ...

* Li Bai (Li Po), the "Poet Immortal" *

Li He Li He ( – ) was a Chinese poet of the mid-Tang dynasty. His courtesy name was Changji, and he is also known as Guicai and Shigui. He was prevented from taking the imperial examination due to a naming taboo. He died very young, and was note ...

Li Qiao Li Jiao (), courtesy name Jushan (巨山), formally the Duke of Zhao (趙公), was an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving as chancellor during the reigns of Wu Zetian, her sons Emperor Zhongzong and Empero ...

Li Qingzhao Li Qingzhao (1084 – ca. 1155), alias Yian Jushi (Chinese: 易安居士) was a Chinese poet and essayist during the Song dynasty. She is considered one of the greatest poets in Chinese history. Biography Early life Li Qingzhao was born in ...

Li Shangyin Li Shangyin (, 813858), courtesy name Yishan (), was a Chinese poet and politician of the late Tang dynasty, born in the Henei Commandery (now Qinyang, Henan). He is noted for the imagist quality of his poems and his "no title" () style of poet ...

* Li Yu (Li Houzhu) *

Liang Desheng Liang Desheng (; 1771–1847) was a Chinese poet and writer active during the Qing Dynasty. She was the wife of Xu Zongyan, a prominent intellectual from Hangzhou. Since her sister died young, Liang Desheng acted as a surrogate mother for her nie ...

* Liang Huang * Lin Huiyin * Liu Yuxi * Liu Zongyuan *

Lu Guimong Lu Guimeng (; died 881), courtesy name Luwang (), was a recluse Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. He lived in seclusion at Puli near Suzhou. His pseudonyms included Mr. Puli (), Tiansuizhi (), and Jianghu Sanren (). He and his friend, the fellow ...

* Lu Ji * Lu You * Lu Yu *

Lu Zhaolin Lu Zhaolin (; ca. 634 – ca. 684 or 686), courtesy name Shengzhi, was a Tang dynasty Chinese poet, traditionally grouped together with Luo Binwang, Wang Bo, and Yang Jiong as the Four Paragons of the Early Tang. Biography Lu Zhaolin was born ...

Lu Zhi Lu Zhi or Lu Chih may refer to: *Empress Lü (呂雉), first empress of the Han dynasty *Lu Zhi (Han dynasty) (盧植), minister of the Eastern Han dynasty **Lu Zhi (卢志), great-grandson of the Eastern Han minister and confidant/strategist of Si ...

* Luo Binwang

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Ma Rong Ma Rong (; 79–166), courtesy name Jichang (), was a Chinese poet and politician of the Eastern Han dynasty. He was born in Youfufeng () in the former Han capital region, in modern Xianyang, Shaanxi Province. His father Ma Yan (马严) was a s ...

Mang Ke Mang Ke (芒克, original name ''Jiang Shiwei''), born in 1951, is a prominent Chinese poet and co-founder (with Bei Dao) of the underground literary journal Jintian (''Today''), which appeared irregularly between 1978 and 1980 before being shut ...

* Mao Zedong * Mei Yaochen, Song dynasty poet * Meng Haoran, Tang dynasty poet * Mi Heng *

Mu Dan Zha Liangzheng (; 5 April 1918 - 26 February 1977), better known by his pen name Mu Dan (), was a Chinese poet. Born in Tianjin, he attended Tsinghua University at the age of 17, and graduated from National Southwestern Associated University in ...

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* Natsume Sōseki, Japan's modern composer of Chinese poetry *

Nalan Xingde Nalan Xingde (; January 19, 1655 – July 1, 1685), Manchu name Nara Singde, courtesy name Rongruo (), was a Qing dynasty Chinese poet, famous for his ci poetry. He was born Nalan Chengde (納蘭成德), but had to change his name when the Kan ...

Nie Gannu Nie Gannu (; 1903–1986) was a Chinese essayist, and a political figure. He was born in Jingshan County, Hubei province in 1903. He studied at Huangpu Military School. After he graduated from Huangpu military School, he continued studying in Mosc ...

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Ouyang Xiu Ouyang Xiu (; 1007 – 1072 CE), courtesy name Yongshu, also known by his art names Zuiweng () and Liu Yi Jushi (), was a Chinese historian, calligrapher, epigrapher, essayist, poet, and politician of the Song dynasty. He was a renowned writer a ...

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Pan Lei Pan Lei () (1646 – 1708) was a Qing dynasty scholar. He wrote the prefaces for a number of works that appeared in his time. In the preface to writer Qu Dajun's book ''Guangdong Xinyu'', widely regarded as a valuable source on the econo ...

Pei Di Pei Di () was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty, approximate year of birth 714, with one work included in the popular ''Three Hundred Tang Poems''. Pei Di was a contemporary of Wang Wei, although younger by fifteen years. Pei Di has twenty pres ...

* Pi Rixiu

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Qiu Wei Qiu Wei (, 694–789? was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty, with one of his poems being included in the famous anthology ''Three Hundred Tang Poems''. Poetry Qiu Wei's poetic career coincided with the major flourishing of the Tang poetry styles ...

* Qu Yuan, State of Chu poet *

Quan Deyu Quan Deyu (; 759 – September 30, 818), courtesy name Zaizhi (), formally Duke Wen of Fufeng (), was an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xianzong. Biography Ancestry, birth and early l ...

Qiao Ji Qiao Ji (, died 1345) also known as Qiao Jifu (乔吉甫) was a Chinese dramatist and poet in the Yuan Dynasty. He was originally from Taiyuan in Shanxi, but lived in the West Lake area in Zhejiang province. His courtesy name was Mengfu (梦符) ...

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Ruan Ji Ruan Ji (; 210–263), courtesy name Sizong (), was a Chinese musician and poet who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. He was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. The guqin melody ''Jiukuang ...

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Shangguan Wan'er Shangguan Wan'er (664–21 July 710) was a Chinese politician, poet, and imperial consort of the Wu Zhou and Tang dynasties. Described as a "female prime minister," Shangguan rose from modest origins as a palace servant to become secretary and ...

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Shen Shanbao Shen Shanbao (沈善宝, 1808–1862) courtesy name Xiangpei 湘佩 and style name Xihu sanren 西湖散人 was a Chinese poet and writer active during the Qing Dynasty. She is the author of the ''Mingyuan Shihua,'' which provided biographical mat ...

（沈善宝） * Shen Yue（沈约） * Shen Quanqi（沈佺期） *

Shi Zhi Shi Zhi (; died 351) was briefly, for about one year, an emperor of the Jie-led Chinese Later Zhao dynasty. He was the last of four short-lived emperors after the death of his father Shi Hu (Emperor Wu), and Later Zhao's final emperor. He is s ...

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Shih-Te Shide (, fl. 9th century)Cihai lists Shide as living during the time of emperor Tai Zong who ruled from 626 to 649. See the date controversy in Hanshan article. Page 692. was a Tang Dynasty Chinese Buddhist poet at the Guoqing Temple on Mount Ti ...

, "Pick-Up"（拾得） * Shih-wu, "Stonehouse"（石屋） * Shivaza Iasyr, wrote in the Dungan (Soviet

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) dialect（雅斯尔·十娃子 or 亚瑟尔·十娃子） * Shu Ting（舒婷） * Sima Xiangru（司马相如） * Song Yu（宋玉） * Su Shi （苏轼） *

Su Xiaoxiao Su Xiaoxiao () (c.479 – c.501), sometimes by the appellation "Little Su", was a famous Chinese courtesan and poet from Qiantang City (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province) in the Southern Qi Dynasty. She had a sister named Su Pannu. Life and care ...

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Shang Ting Shang Ting 商挺 (1209–1288), also known as Shang Mengqing 商孟卿 and in old age as “The Old Man of Zuo Mountain” 左山老人. was a Yuan 元 period writer of Chinese Sanqu poetry. He was also a noted calligrapher and landscape artis ...

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Tao Yuanming Tao Yuanming (; 365–427), also known as Tao Qian (; also T'ao Ch'ien in Wade-Giles), was a Chinese poet and politician who was one of the best-known poets during the Six Dynasties, Six Dynasties period. He was born during the Eastern Jin dyn ...

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* Wang Anshi * Wang Bo * Wang Can * Wang Changling * Wang Rong * Wang Wei (Tang dynasty), the "Poet Buddha" *

Wang Wei (17th-century poet) Wang Wei (; 1597–1647), also known by her courtesy name Xiuwei (), was a Chinese courtesan, poet, and traveller during the late Ming dynasty. Biography Nothing is known of her family background. At age seven, when Wang's father died, she was ...

* Wang Yi-Ch'eng, poet *

Wang Yun (Qing dynasty) Wang Yun (1749–1819) was a Chinese poet and playwright during the Qing Dynasty. Her birthplace is Chang'an. In her poems she writes about the frustration of educated women, who were not allowed to have a career, nor were they accepted by men a ...

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Wei Zhuang Wei Zhuang (, 836?See, e.g.Mao Lanqiu, ''The Continued Study of the Birth Year Given in Xia Chengtao's ''the Chronicles of Wei Zhuang–910''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'' (十國春秋)vol. 40), style name Duanyi (), was a Ch ...

* Wen Tingyun * Wen Yiduo * Wu Cheng'en, Ming novelist, poet *

Wu Jiaji Wu Jiaji (, 1618–1684) was a Chinese poet, and an associate of the official and literary figure Zhou Lianggong. Wu's writings provide us with a glimpse of conditions just prior to the Manchu Qing conquest and especially descriptions of social con ...

Wu Zao Wu Zao (; 1799–1862) was a Chinese poet. She was also known as Wu Pinxiang () and Yucenzi (). Background and career The daughter of a merchant, she was born in the town of Renhe (now Hangzhou) in Zhejiang province. She married a merchant name ...

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Xi Chuan Xi Chuan (Chinese language, Chinese: 西川; born 1963), pen name of Liu Jun (Chinese language, Chinese: 刘军), is a poet, essayist, and translator. He is considered one of the most influential and celebrated contemporary Chinese poetry, Chines ...

* Xi Kang (or Ji Kang) * Xi Xi * Xiao Gang (Emperor Jianwen of Liang) * Xie Lingyun *

Xie Tiao Xie Tiao (; style name: Xuan Hui (玄辉)) (464–499) was the leading Southern Qi poet of the Yongming reign. He was known as "Xiao Xie" (that is, "Little Xie") in comparison with Xie Lingyun. Life Born in Yangxia County, Henan, Xie Tiao live ...

* Xin Qiji *

Lady Xu Mu Duchess Mu of Xu (; fl. 7th century BC) was a princess of the State of Wey who married Duke Mu of Xu ( 許穆公; Xu Mu Gong), the ruler of the State of Xǔ. She was the first recorded female poet in Chinese history. Life A princess of the Wey st ...

Xu Zhi Mo Xu Zhimo (, , Mandarin: , 15 January 1897 – 19 November 1931) was a Chinese romantic poet who strove to loosen Chinese poetry from its traditional forms and to reshape it under the influences of Western poetry and the vernacular Chinese langu ...

1895–1931, melancholic poet of early 20th century * Xu Zihua *

Xue Tao Xue Tao (, c770–832), courtesy name Hongdu (洪度/宏度) was a Chinese poet and courtesan of the Tang dynasty. She was one of the most famous women poets of Tang poetry, along with Yu Xuanji and Li Ye. Life Xue Tao was the daughter of ...

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Yao Shouzhong The Chinese poet Yao Shouzhong 姚守中 is thought to have been from the city of Luoyang 洛陽 in present Henan 河南. His dates are unclear. However, he seems to have been the nephew of the writer and official Yao Sui 姚燧 who lived from 123 ...

Yao Sui Yao Sui 姚燧 (1238–1313), writer of Chinese Sanqu poetry and official, was the nephew of the noted official Yao Shu 姚樞 (1203–1280) and uncle of the dramatist and sanqu poet Yao Shouzhong 姚守中. At three he was orphaned. He was raise ...

* Yau Noi *

John Yau John Yau (born June 5, 1950) is an American poet and critic who lives in New York City. He received his B.A. from Bard College in 1972 and his M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in 1978. He has published over 50 books of poetry, artists' books, fiction ...

* Chia-ying Yeh * Yu Xin * Yu Xiuhua * Yu Xuanji *

Yuan Hongdao Yuan Hongdao (, 1568–1610) was a Chinese poet of the Ming Dynasty, and one of the Three Yuan Brothers, along with his brothers Yuan Zongdao and Yuan Zhongdao. Hongdao's life spanned nearly the whole of the Wanli period (1573-1620) in Chinese h ...

* Yuan Zhen * Yuan Zhongdao

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Zhai Yongming Zhai Yongming (born 1955) is a Chinese poet, essayist and screenwriter from Chengdu, in the southwest Sichuan Province. Born during the Maoist era, Zhai was forcibly sent away for two years to do manual labor in the countryside as part of the Cu ...

Zhang Heng Zhang Heng (; AD 78–139), formerly romanized as Chang Heng, was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman who lived during the Han dynasty. Educated in the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, he achieved success as an astronomer, ma ...

* Zhang Hua *

Zhang Ji (poet from Hubei) Zhang Ji (; 8th century), courtesy name Yisun (), was a Chinese poet born in Xiangyang during the Tang dynasty. Little is known of his life; his approximate dates are 712–715 to 779; he is known to have passed the ''jinshi'' examination in 75 ...

* Zhang Ji (poet from Jiangnan) * Zhang Jiuling *

Zhang Xu Zhang Xu (, fl. 8th century), courtesy name Bogao (), was a Chinese calligrapher and poet of the Tang Dynasty. A native of Suzhou, he became an official during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Zhang was known as one of the Eight Immortals ...

* Zhang Yaotiao (Tang courtesan poet) *

Zhao Luanluan Zhao Luanluan (), courtesy name Wenyuan (), was a Chinese poet who lived during the Zhizheng reign (1341–1367), a chaotic period at the end of the Yuan dynasty. She is incorrectly included in the ''Quan Tangshi'', a Qing dynasty anthology of Tan ...

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Zhao Luorui Lucy Chao or Zhao Luorui (; May 9, 1912 – January 1, 1998) was a Chinese poet and translator. Biography Chao was born on May 9, 1912, in Xinshi, Deqing County, Zhejiang, China. She married Chen Mengjia, an anthropologist and expert on orac ...

* Zhang Zhidong *

Zheng Min Zheng Min (Chinese: 郑敏) (18 July 1920 – 3 January 2022) was a Chinese scholar and modernist poet. Early life and career Zheng Min was born on 18 July 1920 in Minhou County, China. She attended the Southwestern University of Kunming, where s ...

* Zheng Yunduan *

Zhu Shuzhen Zhu Shuzhen (; 1135 – 1180) was a Chinese poet who lived during the Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of So ...

Zhuo Wenjun Zhuo Wenjun (; fl. 2nd century BC) was a Chinese poet of the Western Han dynasty. As a young widow, she eloped with the poet Sima Xiangru. The poem ''Baitou Yin'' (白頭吟, White-Haired Lament) which complains at the inconstancy of male love ...

Zuo Si Zuo Si (; 250–305), courtesy name Taichong (), was a Chinese writer and poet who lived in the Western Jin dynasty. Biography Zuo was born to an aristocratic family of Confucian scholars in Linzi. His mother died young. His father, Zuo Yong, ...

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