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Golden Age of High Tang Poetry

Type Event Region China Time 701–800

The 8th century was the peak of Tang poetry, with masters like Li Bai and Du Fu flourishing during Kaiyuan and Tianbao, shaping Chinese classical lit…

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  1. 713–741Chang'an, Luoyang · ChinaDuring Emperor Xuanzong's Kaiyuan era the state was powerful and the imperial examinations thrived; poets such as Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, and Li Bai were active in the two capitals and Jiangnan, with landscape-pastoral poetry and immortal-seeking poetry both flourishing.
  2. 742–779Various places in the Tang empire · ChinaAfter the An Lushan Rebellion, Du Fu reflected the chaotic age in deeply stirring realist verse; Gao Shi and Cen Shen achieved great renown in frontier poetry, regulated verse reached perfection, and Tang poetry shifted from High Tang romanticism toward the diverse explorations of Middle Tang.

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