Chen Tao (Tang poet)
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| Xìng 姓 : | Chén 陳 |
| Míng 名 : | Táo 陶 |
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Chen Tao ( Chinese 陳 陶 , Pinyin Chén Táo , W.-G. Ch'en T'ao , 824-882) was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty . One of his poems found its way into the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems (唐诗 三百首, Tángshī sānbǎi shǒu); other of his poems were included in the Quantangshi (全 唐詩, "All Tang Poems"). The poem in Tangshi Sanbai Shou is also known as the "Lung-hsi Song".
Life
Biographical information about Chen Tao is scarce and, moreover, still imprecise. Albert Richard Davis calls it an "element of confusion" because if it is the same Chen Tao mentioned in connection with Tian Lingzi in the year 888, then either that date or his death date is wrong. It is known that Chen Tao was educated in Buddhist and Taoist teachings and that he studied astronomy and alchemy, and that he spent most of his life in seclusion in what is now Nanchang , in Jiangxi .
The most famous poem is "Lung-hsi Song" ( transl . "Turkestan" by Witter Bynner , 隴西 行 )
Individual evidence
literature
- AR Davis (ed.), Robert Kotewall & Norman L. Smith (trans.): The Penguin Book of Chinese Verse . Baltimore: Penguin Books 1970.
- Wu, John CH: The Four Seasons of Tang Poetry . Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle 1972. ISBN 978-0-8048-0197-3
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| SURNAME | Chen, Tao |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 陳 陶 (Chinese); Chén Táo (pinyin); Ch'en T'ao (wade-giles) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 9th century |