Wang Bo (poet)

	Wang Bo
	Statue of Wang Bo at the Pavilion of Prince Teng
Chinese name
Chinese	王勃
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wáng Bó
Wade–Giles	Wang Po
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Wong4 But6
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese	Jwang Bwət
Japanese name
Kanji	王勃
Hiragana	おうぼつ
Transcriptions
Romanization	Ō Botsu

Wang Bo (Chinese: 王勃; Wade–Giles: Wang Po; 650–676), courtesy name Zi'an (子安), was a Tang dynasty Chinese poet, traditionally grouped together with Luo Binwang, Lu Zhaolin, and Yang Jiong as the Four Paragons of the Early Tang. He died at the age of 26, possibly from drowning, while going to Jiaozhi (Vietnam, then under Tang rule) to meet his father.^[1]

He opposed the spread of the Gong Ti Style (宫体诗风) of the Sui Dynasty, and advocated a style rich in emotions. He was also famous for the essay Tengwang Ge Xu, which is included in the Chinese middle school curriculum.

References

↑ Chang, Kang-i Sun; Owen, Stephen (2010). The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-521-85558-7.

External links

Works by Wang Bo at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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[Chang-1] Chang, Kang-i Sun; Owen, Stephen (2010). The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-521-85558-7.