Chen Zi'ang | |||||||||||||||||||
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陳子昂 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Chen Zi'ang, painted by Kanō Tsunenobu in the 18th century. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 661 or 656 Shehong County, Sichuan, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 702 (aged 40–41) 702 (aged 45–46) Shehong County, Sichuan, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Poet, politician | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳子昂 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈子昂 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 伯玉 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Chen Zi'ang (Chinese: 陳子昂, 661 (or 656[1])–702), courtesy name Boyu (伯玉), was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. He was important in helping to bring into being the type of poetry which is considered to be characteristically "Tang". Dissatisfied with the current state of the affairs of poetry at the time, almost paradoxically, by keeping his eye on the remote antiquity he helped usher in a new age of Chinese poetry (see quote below).[2] He would soon be followed by such poets of the golden age of Tang poetry as Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu.