Du Shenyan
Du Shenyan | |||
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杜審言 | |||
Born | 645 | ||
Died | 708 (aged 62–63) | ||
Occupation | Poet, politician | ||
Children | Du Xian Du Bing Du Zhuan Du Deng | ||
Relatives | Du Fu (grandson) | ||
Chinese name | |||
Traditional Chinese | 杜審言 | ||
Simplified Chinese | 杜审言 | ||
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Bijian | |||
Traditional Chinese | 必簡 | ||
Simplified Chinese | 必简 | ||
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Du Shenyan (Chinese: 杜審言; pinyin: Dù Shěnyán; Wade–Giles: Tu Shen-yen, ca. 645–708[1][2]) was a Chinese poet and politician. He was a poet of the early Tang dynasty, and one of whose poems was collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.
Biography[]
Du Shenyan was born around 646 and lived into his sixties. He was a poet, calligrapher (none of which is known to survive), and the grandfather of the famous poet Du Fu.[1]
Poetry[]
Du Shenyan is perhaps best known for his one poem which is included in the Three Hundred Tang Poems, translated by Witter Bynner as "On a Walk in the Early Spring Harmonizing a Poem By my Friend Lu Stationed at Changzhou". A total of Forty-three of his poems survive.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Wu, 42
- ^ Luo Yuming A Concise History of Chinese Literature, p. 269
References[]
- Wu, John C. H. (1972). The Four Seasons of Tang Poetry. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E.Tuttle. ISBN 978-0-8048-0197-3
External links[]
- Works by Du Shenyan at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Categories:
- 708 deaths
- 7th-century births
- 7th-century Chinese poets
- 8th-century Chinese poets
- Du clan of Jingzhao
- Poets from Henan
- Three Hundred Tang Poems poets
- Writers from Zhengzhou
- Chinese poet stubs