Wang Wei (Tang dynasty)
Tang-dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wang Wei (Traditional Chinese: 王維; Simplified Chinese: 王维, pinyin: Wáng Wéi, 699–759)[1] was a Chinese musician, painter, poet, and politician of the middle Tang dynasty. He is regarded as one of the most distinguished men of arts and letters of his era. About 400 of his poems survived and 29 of them are included in the 18th-century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. A large portion of his finest poems drew inspirations from the local landscape.
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Born | 699 Qi County, Jinzhong, Shanxi |
Died | 759 (aged 59–60) Xi'an, Shaanxi |
Occupation | Musician, painter, poet, politician |
Period | Tang dynasty |
Relatives | Wang Jin (brother) |
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Traditional Chinese | 王維 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 王维 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 摩詰 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 摩诘 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wang Wei is renowned for his dual talents as a nature poet and landscape painter. His poems were originally compiled and edited into a collection by his next-youngest brother, Wang Jin at imperial command. Of his paintings, no authenticated specimens survive, although there were evidence of his work through influences on later paintings and descriptive accounts. His musical talents were highly regarded, however, no compositions or music notes had been preserved. He had a successful career as an imperial court official. Later in life, he became a devout Chan Buddhist and a vegetarian.[2] He spent ten years studying with Chan master Daoguang.