Lu Lun (, 739–799) was a Chinese poet of the Middle
Tang dynasty
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, with six of his poems being included in the famous anthology ''
Three Hundred Tang Poems
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'', as well as being mentioned in one poem, by
Sikong Shu
Sikong Shu or Ssü-k'ung Shu (; ca. 720 – ca. 790) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. Three of his poems were included in the popular anthology ''Three Hundred Tang Poems''. Sikong was known as one of the "Ten Poets of Talent of the Dali p ...
, which was translated by
Witter Bynner
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as "When Lu Lun My Cousin Comes For The Night". His
courtesy name
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is Yun Yan ().
Biography
Lu Lun was born around 748. His ancestral home was
Fanyang
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, now in modern southwest
Beijing
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, China. He was born in what is now
Yongji, Shanxi
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.
He was prevented from assuming his governmental appointment, following his receiving the ''Jinshi'' degree in the
Imperial examination system, by the disorders associated with the
An Shi Rebellion, which caused him to flee for refuge to
Jiangxi
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.
He died around 799.
Poetry
As a poet, Lu Lun is known for continuing the
Frontier fortress genre
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of
Tang poetry
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(along with
Li Yi), begun earlier by the "Borders and Frontier Fortress Poets Group" (边塞诗派), in which are included
Gao Shi
Gao Shi (ca. 704–765) was a poet of the Tang Dynasty, two of whose poems were collected in the popular anthology ''Three Hundred Tang Poems''. His courtesy name was Dàfú ().'' Kanjigen'' entry "Gao Shi" (Kōteki/Kōseki). Gakken 2006.''Daijis ...
,
Cen Can
Cen Shen or Cen Can (), 715–770, was one of the great Chinese poets of the Tang dynasty. His poems were included in the Three Hundred Poems anthology.
Name
He is also called Cen Jiazhou ().
During the reign of Emperor Suzong he was made gove ...
,
Wang Changling
Wang Changling (; 698–756) was a major Tang dynasty poet. His courtesy name was Shaobo (). He was originally from Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi province, according to the editors of the ''Three Hundred Tang Poems'', although other sources clai ...
,
Wang Zhihuan,
Cui Hao
Cui Hao () (died 450 CE), courtesy name Boyuan (伯淵), was a ''shangshu'' of the Xianbei-led Northern Wei dynasty of China. Largely because of Cui's counsel, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei was able to unify northern China, ending the Sixteen Kin ...
, and
Li Qi. Indeed, out of the six lyrics of Lu's included in the ''Tang 300'', four of them are variations written under the title of "Beyond the Border Tunes" (塞下曲).
See also
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Tang poetry
Tang poetry () refers to poetry written in or around the time of or in the characteristic style of China's Tang dynasty, (June 18, 618 – June 4, 907, including the 690–705 reign of Wu Zetian) and/or follows a certain style, often considered as ...
*
Classical Chinese poetry
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*
Classical Chinese poetry genres
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References
Cited works
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External links
*Books of the ''
Quan Tangshi
(''Complete Tang Poems'') is the largest collection of Tang poetry, containing some 49,000 lyric poems by more than twenty-two hundred poets. In 1705, it was commissioned at the direction of the Qing dynasty Kangxi Emperor and published under ...
'' that include collected poems of Lu Lun at the
Chinese Text Project
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:
Book 276Book 277Book 278Book 279Book 280*
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Three Hundred Tang Poems poets
739 births
799 deaths
People from Yuncheng
Poets from Shanxi
8th-century Chinese poets
Lu clan of Fanyang