Dai Shulun (, 732-789) was a

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of the mid-Tang period.

Biography

Dai Shulun, born in 732, was a native of

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, Runzhou (in today's

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). He served as a government official, however, in his later years, he was banished from the imperial court after the death of

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in 779. He then held various provincial positions, including a stint as the governor of

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and as the frontier commissioner (经略使, ''jinglue shi'') of Rongzhou () in

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. He was recalled ten years later back to the court, but died before he reached the capital in 789.

Works

Dai had ten collections of poetry published, but only two have survived to the present day. One of his poems was included in the important Qing-era anthology ''

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''.

References

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*Books of the ''

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'' that include collected poems of Dai Shulun at the

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