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Liu Zongyuan (Chinese: 柳宗元; pinyin: Liǔ Zōngyuán; 773 – 28 November 819) was a Chinese philosopher, poet, and politician who lived during the Tang Dynasty. Liu was born in present-day Yongji, Shanxi. Along with Han Yu, he was a founder of the Classical Prose Movement. He has been traditionally classed as one of the "Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song".

Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元
Born	773 Yongji, Shanxi
Died	November 28, 819(819-11-28) (aged 45–46) Liuzhou, Guangxi
Nationality	Chinese
Occupation	Philosopher, poet, politician

Liu Zongyuan
Chinese	柳宗元
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liǔ Zōngyuán Wade–Giles Liu3 Tsung1-yüan2 IPA [ljòʊ tsʊ́ŋ.ɥɛ̌n] Wu Suzhounese Leu Tson-nyioẽ Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Láuh Jōng-yùhn Jyutping Lau5 Zung1-jyun4 IPA [lɐ̬u tsoŋ.jy̏ːn] Southern Min Tâi-lô Liú Tsong-guân
Courtesy name
Chinese	子厚
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zǐhòu Wade–Giles Tzu3hou4

Biography

Liu Zongyuan was born in 773.[1] His courtesy name was Zihou (子厚).

Liu Zongyuan's civil service career was initially successful; however, in 805, he fell out of favour with the imperial government because of his association with a failed reformist movement. He was exiled first to Yongzhou, Hunan, and then to Liuzhou, Guangxi, where he eventually became the city Governor. A park and temple in Liuzhou is dedicated to his memory.[2] His exile allowed his literary career to flourish: he produced poems, fables, reflective travelogues and essays synthesizing elements of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.

He died in 819.[1]

Works

Liu's best-known travel pieces are the Eight Records of Excursions in Yongzhou (永州八記). Around 180 of his poems are extant, of which five were collected in the anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. Some of his works celebrate his freedom from office, while others mourn his banishment.

One of his most famous poems is "Jiangxue" (江雪), sometimes translated into English as "Winter Snow" or "River Snow". The poem has been an inspiration for many works of Chinese painting.

江雪 千山鳥飛絕 萬徑人蹤滅 孤舟蓑笠翁 獨釣寒江雪	River Snow A thousand mountains, no sign of birds in flight; Ten thousand paths, no trace of human tracks. In a lone boat, an old man, in rain hat and straw raincoat, Fishing alone, in the cold river snow.

Liu Zongyuan wrote Fei Guoyu (simplified Chinese: 非国语; traditional Chinese: 非國語, Argument against the Harangues of the Various States), a criticism of Guoyu. In response, Liu Zhang (劉 章, c. 1095–1177); Jiang Duanli (simplified Chinese: 江端礼; traditional Chinese: 江端禮); and Yu Pan (Chinese: 虞槃 fl. 1300), Yu Ji's (虞 集, 1272–1348) younger brother, wrote texts titled Fei Fei Guoyu (simplified Chinese: 非非国语; traditional Chinese: 非非國語; Argument against the Argument against the Harangues of the Various States) in opposition to Liu Zongyuan's essay.[3]

See also

• Classical Chinese poetry
• List of Three Hundred Tang Poems poets
• Tang poetry

References

Works cited

• Chen, Jo-shui, Liu Tsung-yüan and Intellectual Change in T'ang China, 773–819, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0521419646.
• Nienhauser Jr., William H.; Hartmann, Charles; Crawford, William Bruce; Walls, Jan W.; Neighbors, Lloyd, Liu Tsung-yüan, New York: Twayne Publishers Inc., 1973.
• Ueki, Hisayuki; Uno, Naoto; Matsubara, Akira (1999). "Shijin to Shi no Shōgai (Ryū Sōgen)". In Matsuura, Tomohisa (ed.). Kanshi no Jiten 漢詩の事典 (in Japanese). Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten. pp. 113–115. OCLC 41025662.

External links

• Liu Zongyuan in Wengu textbase, five poems in traditional Chinese arrayed with Bynner's translation.
• Biography and translations of five poems. (Translated by Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping)
• Works by or about Liu Zongyuan at Internet Archive
• Works by Liu Zongyuan at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Books of the Quan Tangshi that include collected poems of Liu Zongyuan at the Chinese Text Project:
  • Book 350
  • Book 351
  • Book 352
  • Book 353

На других языках

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- [en] Liu Zongyuan

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[es] Liu Zongyuan

Liu Zongyuan (en chino:柳宗元, 773 - 819) escritor chino de la dinastía Tang. Fue junto a Han Yu el promotor de la vuelta a una prosa depurada; sus ensayos y poesías están cargados de pesimismo.

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[fr] Liu Zongyuan

Liu Zongyuan (chinois 柳宗元, EFEO Lieou Tsong-yuan), né en 773, mort en 819, est un écrivain chinois de la dynastie Tang. Il est avec Han Yu le promoteur d'un retour à une écriture dans une prose concise, la « prose antique » (guwen). Ses essais et sa poésie porte la marque d'un certain pessimisme.

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[ru] Лю Цзунъюань

Лю Цзунъюа́нь (кит. 柳宗元, пиньинь Liǔ Zōngyuán; 773 — 819) — китайский философ и писатель эпохи Тан, один из Восьми деятелей эпох Тан и Сун. Пять стихотворений вошли в антологию Триста танских поэм.

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