Li Ao (772-841)

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Li Ao (* 772 ; † 841 ) was a reform Confucian around the turn of the 9th century AD.

Li Ao was a friend of Han Yu, who was also reformist Confucian . Both criticized the mixed culture with Buddhist , Manichean and Nestorian elements that developed after the An Lushan rebellion . In January 809, Li Ao left Luoyang and traveled by ship from Huang He to the Canton area to take up a government post.

literature

  • Rainer Hoffmann, Qiuhua Hu: China. Its history from the beginning to the end of the imperial era. Freiburg 2007. ISBN 978-3793094999
  • Reinhard Emmerich: Li Ao (approx. 772-approx. 841): a Chinese scholarly life. Wiesbaden 1987
personal data
SURNAME Li, Ao
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese Reform Confucian
DATE OF BIRTH 772
DATE OF DEATH 841