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Huang Tingjian

Type Figure Region China Time 1045–1105 Also known as Lu Zhi、Shangu Daoren、Fu Weng

Huang Tingjian (1045–1105), courtesy name Lu Zhi, sobriquet Shangu Daoren, was a Northern Song poet and calligrapher from Fengning, Hongzhou;…

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  1. 1045–1067Fengning, Hongzhou · JiangxiBorn in Fengning, Hongzhou, he passed the jinshi examination in the fourth year of Zhiping under Emperor Yingzong, first served as a county constable in Ye County, showed poetic talent early, and was appreciated by Su Shi.
  2. 1067–1094Bianjing, Jingzhou · ChinaHe successively served as lecturer at the Imperial Academy and magistrate of Taihe, associated with Su Shi as teacher and friend, developed a bold and lean poetic style founding the Jiangxi poetry school, and formed his own school of calligraphy.
  3. 1094–1105Yizhou · GuangxiDuring the Shaosheng era he was demoted to Fuzhou and Qianzhou due to factional strife, then settled at Yizhou, where he died in the fourth year of Chongning at the age of sixty-one; his poetic and calligraphic reputation was revered by later generations.

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