Sikong Shu

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sikong.

Sikong Shu or Ssü-k'ung Shu (Chinese: 司空曙; pinyin: Sīkōng Shǔ; Wade–Giles: Ssü-k'ung Shu) (ca.720 - ca.790) was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Three of his poems were included in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. Sikong was known as one of the "Ten Poets of Talent of the Dali period" (766-779),^[1] which was Emperor Daizong of Tang's third and final regnal period.

Background

"Sikong", which is a Chinese compound surname, was a native of what is now Guangping County, of Hebei Province, China. He was moderately successful in his career as a governmental official.^[2]

Poetry

Sikong Shu's poems as collected in Three Hundred Tang Poems were translated by Witter Bynner as:

"A Farewell to Han Shen at the Yunyang Inn"
"When Lu Lun my Cousin Comes for the Night"
"To a Friend Bound North After the Rebellion"

Notes

↑ Davis, xii
↑ Davis, xii

References

Davis, A. R. (Albert Richard), Editor and Introduction (1970), The Penguin Book of Chinese Verse. (Baltimore: Penguin Books).

External links

Works by Sikong Shu at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

Chinese poetry

Major eras	Classical Chinese poetry Modern Chinese poetry

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 Chu Ci New Songs from the Jade Terrace Nineteen Old Poems Quan Tangshi Three Hundred Tang Poems Wangchuan ji Wen Xuan Zhuying ji

Major forms	ci fu shi qu yuefu

Individual poems list	Chinese poems (category list) List of poems (article)

Modern compilations	Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature

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