Liu Zhangqing (; ca. 709–785), often read and Romanized as Liu Changqing, courtesy name Wenfang (), was a Chinese poet and politician during the Tang dynasty. Eleven of his poems are included in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.Watson, 117
Biography
Different sources place the year of Liu Zhangqing's birth as early as 709 and as late as 726. He came from the city of Xuancheng. Although his ancestral hometown was Hejian, he spent most of his youth in Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang dynasty. Liu obtained his Jinshi title around 750s. In 780, he was appointed governor of Suizhou in Henan province. Because of this, his contemporaries often referred to him as Liu Suizhou.《唐诗大辞典修订本》
Like his birth, the year of his death is uncertain. One source says he died around 786.
Poetry During his lifetime, Liu's poems did not receive much praise, although he was one of the representative poets during the reign of Emperor Dezong. Later generations, however, have acknowledged his skill as a poet. Liu was especially skillful in writing of poems with 5 characters.《中国历代人名大辞典》《唐诗大辞典》
An example:
See also
Guqin history (includes one poem with sound track) Huang Ruheng (a Ming Dynasty calligrapher of Liu)
Notes
References
Works cited
Watson, Burton (1971). CHINESE LYRICISM: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century. New York: Columbia University Press.
External links
Books of the Quan Tangshi that include collected poems of Liu Zhangqing at the Chinese Text Project: Book 147 Book 148 Book 149 Book 150 Book 151