Bao Rong
Appearance
Bao Rong (
Lower Yangtze region.[2] He served as a minor official in the Ministry of Justice of the Tang government, and was a close friend of the poet Meng Haoran. Bao Rong's two sons Bao He (包何) and Bao Ji (包佶) were also accomplished poets. The trio is collectively called the "Three Baos".[1]
The Complete Tang Poems includes eight of his poems.[3] His biography is included in the Yuan dynasty work Biographies of Tang Talents (唐才子传) by Xin Wenfang (辛文房).[4]
References
Bibliography
- Gushi Guanzhi 古詩觀止 (in Chinese). Taiwan Shufang Publishing Company. 1997. ISBN 978-986-7939-89-0.
- Xin, Wenfang (1997). 唐才子传 [Biographies of Tang Talents] (in Chinese). Taiwan Shufang Publishing Company. ISBN 978-957-8499-41-6.