Xu Hun (traditional Chinese: 許渾; simplified Chinese: 许浑; pinyin: Xǔ Hún; Wade-Giles: Hsü Hun, fl. first half of ninth century) was a Chinese poet of the Tang poetry tradition of the Tang Dynasty. He received his Jinshi degree through the imperial examination system in 832, and subsequently followed a "moderately distinguished" professional career.[1] Xu Hun was descended from Xu Yushi, who was Chancellor under Emperor Gaozong of Tang.
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Two of Xu Huns verses are included in the famous poetry anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems, both in the five-character regulated verse form. His work has been compared in style with Li Shangyin and Wen Tingyun.[2]