Chen Zi'ang

Chen Zi'ang
陳子昂
Chen Zi'ang, painted by Kanō Tsunenobu in the 18th century.
Born661 or 656
Died702 (aged 40–41)
702 (aged 45–46)
Shehong County, Sichuan, China
Occupation(s)Poet, politician
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Zĭ'áng
Wade–GilesCh‛en2 Tzŭ3-ang2
IPA[ʈʂʰə̌n tsɹ̩̀.ǎŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChàhn Jí-ngòhng
JyutpingCan4 Zi2-ngong4
IPA[tsʰɐn˩ tsi˧˥ ŋɔŋ˩]
Courtesy name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBóyù

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.

  1. ^ Wu, 43
  2. ^ Wu, 44