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送李中丞歸漢陽別業 劉長卿 (Liu Changqing) 唐詩欣賞 (Tang Poetry Appreciation)
Liu Changqing (Chinese: 劉長卿; Wade–Giles: Liu Ch'ang-ch'ing; 709–785) , courtesy name Wenfang(文房) was a poet of the middle Tang dynasty. Eleven of his poems were collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.
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Biography
Liu Changqing was born around either 710 or 725. He came from the city of Xuancheng. His ancestral hometown was Hejian. Most of his youth was spent in the city of Luoyang. Liu obtained his Jinshi title around 750s. In 780, he became the governor of Suizhou. Because of his term in Suizhou, Liu was often called Liu Suizhou by his contemporaries.
He died around 786.
Poetry
Liu's poems did not receive much praise during his lifetime although he was one of the representative poets during the reign of Emperor Dezong of Tang. However, he was gradually acknowledged by later generations. Liu was especially skillful on the writing of poems with 5 characters. An example of his poetry can be seen below: