List of Chinese-language poets

The following is a list of Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the languages of China.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Contents:

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

* See also

## A

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* Ai Qing

## B

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* Bai Juyi or Bo Juyi
* Consort Ban
* Ban Gu (32–92 A.D.)[1]
* Bei Dao
* Bei Ling
* Bian Zhilin

## C

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* Cai Wenji
* Cai Yong
* Cao Cao 曹操
* Cao Pi
* Cao Zhi
* Cen Shen
* Chen Sanli
* Chen Minghua
* Chen Nianxi
* Chen Yinke
* Chen Zi'ang
* Chūgan Engetsu (1300–1375), Japanese poet who wrote in Chinese, a figure in "Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains" (literature in Chinese written in Japan)
* Cui Hao, Tang dynasty poet

## D

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* Dai Biaoyuan
* Dai Wangshu
* Dong Xiaowan
* Du Fu 杜甫, the "Poet Sage"
* Du Mu (803-852), Tang poet, official
* Duo Duo

## E

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* Emperor Xuanzong of Tang

## F

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* Fei Ye 菲野
* Fenggan, "Big Stick", a legendary Buddhist monk. He was an associate of the famous legendary poets Han Shan and Shih Te.

## G

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* Gao Qi, Ming dynasty poet
* Gidō Shūshin
* Gong Zizhen
* Gu Cheng
* Gu Taiqing
* Guan Daosheng
* Guo Moruo, poet, historian, archaeologist

## H

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* Hai Zi 海子, modern mystic poet
* Han Yu 韩愈
* Han Shan, "Cold Mountain"
* He Zhizhang
* Huang Tingjian 黄庭堅 (1045–1105)
* Huarui Furen
* Huang Zongxi

## I

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* Ido Reizan

## J

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* Jao Tsung-I
* Ji Xian (b. 1903), leading Taiwanese modernist[2]
* Jia Dao 贾岛
* Jia Yi
* Jiang Yan

## K

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* Ke Yan
* Kokan Shiren
* Kong Shangren

## L

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* Leung Ping-kwan[3]
* Li E
* Li Bai (Li Po), the "Poet Immortal"
* Li He
* Li Qiao
* Li Qingzhao
* Li Shangyin
* Li Yu (Li Houzhu)
* Liang Desheng
* Liang Huang
* Lin Huiyin
* Liu Yuxi
* Liu Zongyuan
* Lu Guimong
* Lu Ji
* Lu You
* Lu Yu
* Lu Zhaolin
* Lu Zhi
* Luo Binwang

## M

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* Ma Rong
* Mang Ke
* Mao Zedong
* Mei Yaochen, Song dynasty poet
* Meng Haoran, Tang dynasty poet
* Mi Heng
* Mu Dan

## N

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* Natsume Sōseki, Japan's modern composer of Chinese poetry
* Nalan Xingde
* Nie Gannu

## O

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* Ouyang Xiu

## P

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* Pan Yue
* Pan Lei
* Pei Di
* Pi Rixiu

## Q

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* Qian Zhongshu
* Qin Zihao (1902–1963), leading Taiwanese modernist[2]
* Qiu Jin
* Qiu Wei
* Qu Yuan, State of Chu poet
* Quan Deyu
* Qiao Ji

## R

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* Ruan Ji

## S

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* Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉儿)
* Shen Shanbao (沈善宝)
* Shen Yue (沈约)
* Shen Quanqi (沈佺期)
* Shi Zhi"index finger" (食指，郭路生)
* Shih-Te, "Pick-Up" (拾得)
* Shih-wu, "Stonehouse" (石屋)
* Shivaza Iasyr, wrote in the Dungan (Soviet Hui people) dialect (雅斯尔·十娃子 or 亚瑟尔·十娃子)
* Shu Ting (舒婷)
* Sima Xiangru (司马相如)
* Song Yu (宋玉)
* Su Shi (苏轼)
* Su Xiaoxiao (苏小小)
* Shang Ting (商挺)

## T

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* Tao Qian, also known as Tao Yuanming

## W

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* Wang Anshi
* Wang Bo
* Wang Can
* Wang Changling
* Wang Rong
* Wang Wei (Tang dynasty), the "Poet Buddha"
* Wang Wei (17th-century poet)
* Wang Yi-Ch'eng, poet
* Wang Yun (Qing dynasty)
* Wei Yuan
* Wei Zhuang
* Wen Tingyun
* Wen Yiduo
* Wu Cheng'en, Ming novelist, poet
* Wu Jiaji
* Wu Zao[4]

## X

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* Xi Chuan
* Xi Kang (or Ji Kang)
* Xi Xi
* Xiao Gang (Emperor Jianwen of Liang)
* Xie Lingyun
* Xie Tiao
* Xin Qiji
* Lady Xu Mu
* Xu Zhi Mo 1895–1931, melancholic poet of early 20th century
* Xu Zihua
* Xue Tao 768-831

## Y

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* Yang Jiong
* Yang Lian
* Yang Wanli
* Yang Xiong
* Yao Shouzhong
* Yao Sui
* John Yau
* Chia-ying Yeh
* Yu Xin
* Yu Xiuhua
* Yu Xuanji
* Yuan Hongdao
* Yuan Zhen
* Yuan Zhongdao

## Z

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* Zhai Yongming
* Zhang Heng
* Zhang Hua
* Zhang Ji (poet from Hubei)
* Zhang Ji (poet from Jiangnan)
* Zhang Jiuling
* Zhang Xu
* Zhang Yaotiao (Tang Geji poet)[5]
* Zhao Luanluan (Yuan dynasty poet)[6]
* Zhao Luorui
* Zhang Zhidong
* Zheng Min
* Zheng Yunduan
* Zhu Shuzhen
* Zhuo Wenjun
* Zuo Si

## See also

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* Poetry portal

* Chinese poetry
* Song Dynasty poets (list)
* List of Three Hundred Tang Poems poets
* Tang Dynasty poets (list)
* List of Chinese authors
* List of Chinese women writers
* List of Hong Kong poets

## Notes

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1. ^ Minford, John, and Joseph S. M. Lau, Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations, New York: Columbia University Press ISBN 0-231-09676-3 and Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press ISBN 962-201-625-1 , 2000
2. ^ a b Greene, Roland; et al., eds. (2012). "Modern poetry of China". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (4th rev. ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 232–235\. ISBN 978-0-691-15491-6.
3. ^ "Cha: An Asian Literary Journal - Leung Ping-kwan". Asiancha.com. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
4. ^ Barnstone, Tony; Chou, Ping (2010). The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry: From Ancient to Contemporary. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. pp. 341–42\. ISBN 978-0307481474.
5. ^ Chang, Kang-i Sun; Saussy, Haun; Kwong, Charles Yim-tze (1999). Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism. Stanford University Press. p. 79\. ISBN 0804732310.
6. ^ Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Wiles, Sue (2015). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming 618-1644. Vol. II. Routledge. pp. 899–900\. ISBN 978-1317515616.

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Chinese poetry

Major eras|

* Classical Chinese poetry
* Modern Chinese poetry

Poetry by dynasty|

* Han poetry
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* Tang poetry
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Poetry works
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* Classic of Poetry
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* Wangchuan ji
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Major forms|

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Individual poems list|

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Modern compilations|

* Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry
* The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature

Regional styles|

* Cantonese poetry

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