Chu Guangxi Explained

Chu Guangxi
Native Name:儲光羲
Native Name Lang:zh-hant
Birth Date:706/707
Birth Place:Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Death Date:
Death Place:Guangdong, China
Occupation:Poet, politician
Notable Works:"Mutong Ci"
"Diaoyu Wan"
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P:Chú Guāngxiī

Chu Guangxi (; 706/707–760) was a Tang dynasty poet.

Biography

Chu Guangxi was born in around 706 or 707, and was originally from Yan Province (modern-day Shandong Province).

In the last year of the Tianbao era he was appointed investigating censor . He was implicated in the An Lushan Rebellion and exiled to Lingnan.

He died in .

Poetry

His surviving poems, such as "Mutong Ci" (Chinese: 牧童詞 mù tóng cí) and "Diaoyu Wan" (Chinese: 釣魚灣 diào yú wān), are simple, elegant and pastoral.

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