Chu Guangxi | |||||||
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儲光羲 | |||||||
Born | 706/707 | ||||||
Died | 760 (aged 53–54) 760 (aged 52–53)
Guangdong, China | ||||||
Occupation(s) | Poet, politician | ||||||
Notable work | "Mutong Ci" "Diaoyu Wan" | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 儲光羲 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 储光羲 | ||||||
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Chu Guangxi ( Chinese: 儲光羲, 706/707–760) was a Tang dynasty poet.
Chu Guangxi was born in around 706 or 707, [a] and was originally from Yan Province (modern-day Shandong Province). [1]
In the last year of the Tianbao era he was appointed investigating censor ( simplified Chinese: 监察御史; traditional Chinese: 監察御史). [1] He was implicated in the An Lushan Rebellion and exiled to Lingnan. [2]
He died in c. 760. [b]
His surviving poems, such as "Mutong Ci" (牧童詞 mù tóng cí) and "Diaoyu Wan" (釣魚灣 diào yú wān), are simple, elegant and pastoral. [3]