Du Shenyan | |||||||||
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杜審言 | |||||||||
| 👁 Image Shenyan by Kanō Tsunenobu, painted in the 18th century | |||||||||
| Born | c. 645 | ||||||||
| Died | 708 (aged c. 63) | ||||||||
| Occupations | Poet, politician | ||||||||
| Children | Du Xian Du Bing Du Zhuan Du Deng | ||||||||
| Relatives | Du Fu (grandson) | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 杜審言 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杜审言 | ||||||||
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| Bijian | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 必簡 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 必简 | ||||||||
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Du Shenyan (Wade–Giles: Tu Shen-yen, c. 645 – 708)[1][2] was a Chinese poet and politician. He was a poet of the early Tang dynasty, and one of his poems was collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.
Biography
[edit]Du Shenyan was born around 645 and lived into his sixties. He was a poet, calligrapher (none of which is known to survive), and the grandfather of the famous poet Du Fu.[1]
Poetry
[edit]Du Shenyan is perhaps best known for his one poem which is included in the Three Hundred Tang Poems, translated by Witter Bynner as "On a Walk in the Early Spring Harmonizing a Poem By my Friend Lu Stationed at Changzhou". A total of forty-three of his poems survive.[1]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Wu, John C. H. (1972). The Four Seasons of Tang Poetry. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E.Tuttle. ISBN 978-0-8048-0197-3
External links
[edit]- Works by Du Shenyan at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) 👁 Image
