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Chinese poetry

Poetical art developed in China

78 dated entries naming Chinese poetry, drawn from 76 separate years between 385 CE and 1206 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century

  • 385Xie Lingyun, Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern Dynasties (d. 433)source

5th century

  • 427Tao Qian, Chinese poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 365)source
  • 433Xie Lingyun, Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern dynasties (b. 385)source

7th century

  • 650Shen Quanqi, Chinese poet and official (approximate date)source
  • 684Luo Binwang, Chinese poet and officialsource
  • 688Wang Zhihuan, Chinese poet (d. 742)source
  • 698Wang Changling, Chinese poet and official (d. 756)source
  • 699Wang Wei, Chinese poet (d. 759)source

8th century

  • 701May 19 – Li Bai (or Li Po), Chinese poet (d. 762)source
  • 702Chen Zi'ang, Chinese poet and official of the Tang dynasty (b. 661)source
  • 704Cui Hao, Chinese poet (d. 754)source
  • 709Liu Zhangqing, Chinese poet (d. 785)source
  • 729Shen Quanqi, Chinese poet and official (b. 650)source
  • 742Li Bai (also Li Po), Chinese poet, is summoned by Xuan Zong to attend the imperial court. He and his friend Du Fu become the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry, during the mid-Tang dynasty.source
  • 742Wang Zhihuan, Chinese poet (b. 688)source
  • 744Autumn – Li Bai (also Li Po), Chinese poet and skilled calligrapher, meets Du Fu for the first time.source
  • 745China has accomplishments in poetry, painting and printing, but its monarchical system tends toward failure. Emperor Xuan Zong has fallen under the spell of his son's wife Yang Guifei (one of the Four Beauties of Ancient China), a Taoist priestess. He is ignoring the economy and the Tang dynasty is declining.source
  • 747Li Shizhi, chancellor and poet of the Tang dynastysource
  • 751Meng Jiao, Chinese poet (d. 814)source
  • 757December 8 – Du Fu, Chinese poet, returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuan Zong's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.source
  • 759Wang Wei, Chinese poet (b. 699)source
  • 762Li Bai, (also Li Po), Chinese poet (b. 701)source
  • 766Zhang Ji, Chinese scholar and poet (approximate date)source
  • 768Han Yu, Chinese philosopher and poet (d. 824)source
  • 772Bai Juyi, Chinese poet and official (d. 846)source
  • 773Liu Zongyuan, Chinese poet and official (d. 819)source
  • 776Bai Xingjian, Chinese poet and writer (d. 826)source
  • 779Jia Dao, Chinese poet and Buddhist monk (d. 843)source
  • 785Liu Changqing, Chinese poet (b. 709)source
  • 796Lü Dongbin, Chinese scholar and poetsource

9th century

  • 803Du Mu, Chinese poet and official (d. 852)source
  • 812Wen Tingyun, Chinese poet and lyricist (d. 870)source
  • 813Li Shangyin, Chinese official and poet (d. 858)source
  • 814Meng Jiao, Chinese poet (b. 751)source
  • 819Liu Zongyuan, Chinese poet and official (b. 773)source
  • 820Song Ruoxin, Chinese scholar and poet (b. 768)source
  • 824Chen Tao, Chinese poet (d. 882)source
  • 826Bai Xingjian, Chinese poet and writer (b. 776)source
  • 830Wang Jian, Chinese poet (approximate date)source
  • 832Guanxiu, Chinese Buddhist monk and poet (d. 912)source
  • 832Xue Tao, Chinese poet (b. 768)source
  • 833Luo Yin, Chinese statesman and poet (d. 910)source
  • 834Pi Rixiu, Chinese poet (approximate date)source
  • 835Lu Tong, Chinese poet (b. 790)source
  • 836Wei Zhuang, Chinese poet (approximate date)source
  • 842Liu Yuxi, Chinese poet and philosopher (b. 772)source
  • 843Jia Dao, Chinese poet and Buddhist monk (b. 779)source
  • 844Yu Xuanji, Chinese poet (approximate date)source
  • 846Du Xunhe, Chinese poet (d. 904)source
  • 852Du Mu, Chinese poet and official (b. 803)source
  • 858Li Shangyin, Chinese official and poetsource
  • 868Yu Xuanji, Chinese poet (or 869)source
  • 869Yu Xuanji, Chinese poet (or 868)source
  • 870Wen Tingyun, Chinese poet and lyricist (b. 812)source
  • 882Chen Tao, Chinese poet (b. 824)source

10th century

  • 904Du Xunhe, Chinese poet (b. 846)source
  • 909Luo Yin, Chinese statesman and poet (b. 833)source
  • 910January 26 – Luo Yin, Chinese statesman and poetsource
  • 912Guanxiu, Chinese Buddhist monk and poet (b. 832)source
  • 930Zhang Mi, Chinese Ci lyric poet (d. unknown)source
  • 954Wang Yucheng, Chinese official and poet (d. 1001)source
  • 967Lin Bu, Chinese poet and calligrapher (d. 1028)source
  • 976Madame Huarui, Chinese concubine and poetsource
  • 990Zhang Xian, Chinese poet and writer (d. 1078)source
  • 991Yan Shu, Chinese statesman and poet (d. 1055)source

11th century

  • 1001Wang Yucheng, Chinese official and poet (b. 954)source
  • 1007Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and poet (d. 1072)source
  • 1012Cai Xiang, Chinese calligrapher, official and poet (d. 1067)source
  • 1028Lin Bu (or Junfu), Chinese poet and calligrapher (b. 967)source
  • 1067Cai Xiang, Chinese calligrapher and poet (b. 1012)source
  • 1072September 22 – Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and poet (b. 1007)source
  • 1077Ye Mengde, Chinese scholar, minister and poet (d. 1148)source
  • 1084Li Qingzhao, Chinese female poet and writersource
  • 1085Zhu Bian, Chinese diplomat, poet and writer (d. 1144)source
  • 1090Qin Guan, Chinese poet of the Song dynasty, writes the Can Shu (Book of Sericulture), which describes a silk-reeling machine that has the world's oldest known mechanical belt drive.source

12th century

  • 1101August 24 – Su Shi, Chinese statesman and poet (b. 1037)source
  • 1127October 29 – Yang Wanli, Chinese politician and poet (d. 1206)source

13th century

  • 1206Yang Wanli, Chinese politician and poet (b. 1127)source

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