Cui Hao (poet)

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Cui Hao (

Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty in China and considered a main early exponent of the regulated verse form of Classical Chinese poetry
(also known as jintishi).

Biography

Cui Hao was born in Biànzhōu (汴州, present day

imperial examinations in 723. He is known to have traveled extensively as an official, particularly between the years 723–744. He was known for three poetry topic - women, frontier outposts, and natural scenery. His life was initially conventional; along with Wang Wei, he was one of the perfectors of the jintishi
form. Later, however, he acquired a reputation for disreputable personal behaviour and passed through several marriages. His later verse is similarly unconstrained.

Poems

Fifteen poems exist on the topic of women and fifteen poems exist on the latter two topics.

huaigu genre style on his passage through Huayin, north of Hua Shan, as well as two old or folk style
pieces with erotic overtones.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Wan: 1, his birth year of 704 is in doubt since he would have been somewhat young when he passed the imperial exam.
  2. ^ Wan: 2 - 3. Thirty nine poems are contained in Wan's book

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