Wang Changling

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Wang Changling, 100 Aspects of the Moon #54, 1887.^[1]

Wang Changling (traditional Chinese: 王昌齡; simplified Chinese: 王昌龄; pinyin: Wáng Chānglíng) (698–756) was a major Tang Dynasty poet. His zi was Shaobo (Chinese: 少伯). He was originally from Taiyuan in the Shanxi province of China, according to the editors of the Three Hundred Tang Poems, although other sources claim that he was actually from Jiangning near modern-day Nanjing. After passing the prestigious jinshi examination, he became a secretarial official and later held other imperial positions, including that of an official posting to Sishui (汜水), in what is currently Xingyang, in Henan province. Near the end of his life he was appointed as a minister of Jiangning county. He died in the An Lushan Rebellion.^[2]

He is best known for his poems describing battles in the frontier regions of western China. Wang Changling was one of the competitors in the famous wine shop competition along with Gao Shi and Wang Zhihuan.^[3]

Notes

↑ From a poem by Wang Changling, "The night is still and a hundred flowers are fragrant in the western palace. She orders the screen to be rolled up, regretting the passing of spring with the Yunhe across her lap. She gazes at the moon, the colors of the trees are hazy in the indistinct moonlight."
↑ Rexroth (1970): p. 132.
↑ Wu (1972): pp. 118-119

References

Rexroth, Kenneth (1970). Love and the Turning Year: One Hundred More Poems from the Chinese. New York: New Directions.
Wu, John C. H. (1972). The Four Seasons of Tang Poetry. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E.Tuttle. ISBN 978-0-8048-0197-3

v t e Chinese poetry

Major periods	Classical Chinese poetry Modern Chinese poetry

By dynasty	Han poetry Jian'an poetry Six Dynasties poetry Tang poetry Song poetry Yuan poetry Ming poetry Qing poetry

Poetry works and collections	Classic of Poetry Chuci New Songs from the Jade Terrace Nineteen Old Poems Quantangshi 300 Tang poems Wangchuan ji Wen Xuan Zhuying ji

Major forms	ci fu shi qu yuefu

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Name	Wang, Changling
Alternative names
Short description	Tang Dynasty politician
Date of birth	698
Place of birth
Date of death	755
Place of death

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