Wang Bo (poet)

Wang Bo
Statue of Wang Bo at the Pavilion of Prince Teng
Chinese name
Chinese	王勃
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Bó Wade–Giles Wang Po Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wong^4 But^6 Middle Chinese Middle Chinese Jwang Bwət
Japanese name
Kanji	王勃
Hiragana	おう ぼつ
Transcriptions Romanization Ō Botsu

Wang Bo (Chinese: 王勃; Wade–Giles: Wang Po; 650–676), courtesy name Zi'an (子安), was a Tang dynasty Chinese poet, traditionally grouped together with Luo Binwang, Lu Zhaolin, and Yang Jiong as the Four Paragons of the Early Tang. He died at the age of 26, possibly from drowning, while going to Vietnam (then under Tang rule) to meet his father.^[1]

He opposed the spread of the Gong Ti Style (宫体诗风) of the Sui Dynasty, and advocated a style rich in emotions. He was also famous for the essay Tengwang Ge Xu, which is included in the Chinese middle school curriculum.

References

1. Chang, Kang-i Sun; Owen, Stephen (2010). The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-521-85558-7.

External links

• Works by Wang Bo at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)