Bao Rong (Chinese: 包融; Wade–Giles: Pao Jung; fl. early 8th century) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. He was a native of Yanling (modern Danyang, Jiangsu province).[1] He is traditionally grouped with He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu, and Zhang Ruoxu as the Four Poets of Central Wu (吳中四士), the Lower Yangtze region.[2] He served as a minor official in the Ministry of Justice of the Tang government, and was a close friend of the poet Meng Haoran. Bao Rong's two sons Bao He (包何) and Bao Ji (包佶) were also accomplished poets. The trio is collectively called the "Three Baos".[1]

The Complete Tang Poems includes eight of his poems.[3] His biography is included in the Yuan dynasty work Biographies of Tang Talents (唐才子传) by Xin Wenfang (辛文房).[4]

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• Gushi Guanzhi 古詩觀止 (in Chinese). Taiwan Shufang Publishing Company. 1997. ISBN 978-986-7939-89-0.
• Xin, Wenfang (1997). 唐才子传 [Biographies of Tang Talents] (in Chinese). Taiwan Shufang Publishing Company. ISBN 978-957-8499-41-6.