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Chinese writer (773-819)

Also known as: Liu Hedong, Liu Liuzhou, Tsung-yüan Liu, Zihou, Zongyuan, Zōngyuán Liǔ

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Song master of travel essays and exile poetry who developed the landscape prose tradition Liu pioneered. (AI reason)
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Wang Wei699–759
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Tang poet of serene, Buddhist-tinged landscape quatrains comparable to 'River Snow'. (AI reason)
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Tang nature poet often paired with Liu for quiet, limpid landscape verse. (AI reason)
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Du Fu712–770
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Tang poet addressing hardship, displacement and the suffering of common people. (AI reason)
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