Liu Changqing - Liu Changqing

A Chinese poet from the mid-Tang Dynasty to the mid-Tang Dynasty. His pen name was Wenbo. He was from Hejian (Hebei Province). He lived in Songyang (Henan Province) when he was young. He was a Jinshi (official scholar) during the Tianbao period (742-755). In his later years, he became the governor of Suizhou (Hubei Province), hence the name Liu Suizhou. He was stubborn and arrogant, and when he wrote his poems, he signed only "Changqing" out of pride in his fame. He rebelled against those in power, and was demoted twice. He excelled in five-character poetry, and was called the "Great Wall of five-character poetry." Although his lines are marked by the same expressions, his descriptions of the countryside and landscapes are regarded as being in the style of Tao Yuanming, Wang Wei, and Meng Haoran. He wrote the "Liu Suizhou Collection" in 10 volumes, and the "External Collection" in one volume.

[Shigeru Maruyama]

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中国、盛唐期から中唐期にかけての詩人。字(あざな)は文房。河間（河北省）の人。若いころ嵩陽(すうよう)（河南省）に住んだ。天宝年間（742～755）の進士。晩年、随州(ずいしゅう)（湖北省）刺史(しし)となったことから劉随州とよばれる。剛直で傲慢(ごうまん)なところがあり、詩を書き付ける際に知名度を自負して「長卿」とだけ署名したという。権力者に逆らい、二度、左遷されている。五言詩に優れ、「五言の長城」と称される。詩句に同一表現が目だつが、田園、山水の描写は、陶淵明(とうえんめい)や王維、孟浩然(もうこうねん)に通ずる作風として評価されている。『劉随州文集』10巻、『外集』一巻がある。

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