Shen Quanqi

Shen Quanqi (Chinese: 沈佺期; Wade–Giles: Shên Ch'üan-ch'i; c. 650 – 729), also known as Yunqing (Chinese: 雲卿), was a Chinese poet and government official active during the Tang dynasty, and the interluding "restored Zhou dynasty" of Wu Zetian. Shen Quanqi is especially known for his work in developing and perfecting the regulated verse form of Classical Chinese poetry.^[1] Shen's poetry ranges from the elegant court style of the poetry which he wrote while at court and the intensely anguished poems which he wrote during his years of exile, in the extreme south of the empire.

Life

He was born in the prefecture of

He made numerous contributions to Chinese poetry, including the Five-verse poems (五言律詩). He was also known to write together with poet Song Zhiwen, and the two were known as the "Shen-Song" (沈宋) pair.

Due to his exile to Annan (today known as Vietnam), he wrote numerous poems in the region. Many of his poems written there are some of the earliest literary works concerning Vietnam.

See also

• Classical Chinese poetry forms
• Regulated verse

Notes

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Poems of Shen Quanqi (in Chinese)

References

• Murck, Alfreda (2000). Poetry and Painting in Song China: The Subtle Art of Dissent. Harvard Univ Asia Center.
  ISBN 978-0-674-00782-6
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• Works by Shen Quanqi at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Books of the
  Quan Tangshi that include collected poems of Shen Quanqi at the Chinese Text Project
  :
  • Book 95
  • Book 96
  • Book 97