Wang Wei (Traditional Chinese: 王維; Simplified Chinese: 王维, pinyin: Wáng Wéi, 699–759) 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...

Meng Haoran (Chinese: 孟浩然; Wade–Giles: Meng Hao-jan; 689/691–740) was a Chinese poet and a major literary figure of the Tang dynasty. He was somewhat an older contemporary of Wang Wei, Li Bai and Du Fu. Despite his brief pursuit of an official career, Meng Haoran spent most of his life in and a...

Bai Juyi (also Bo Juyi or Po Chü-i; Chinese: 白居易; 772–846), courtesy name Letian, was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician during the Tang dynasty. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made about everyday life, including as governor of three different provinces. He achieved...

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.Li Shangyin (Chinese: 李商隐; pinyin: Lǐ Shāngyǐn, c. 813–858), courtesy name Yishan (Chinese: 义山), was a Chinese poet and politician of the late Tang dynasty, born in the Henei Commandery (now Qinyang, Henan). He is noted for his imagist and "n...

A visitor examines ancestors' portraits of Li Wenzhong's family at the Legacy From the Prince of Qiyang, a long-term exhibition at the National Museum of China that traces the ups and downs of the Li family from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILYA national museum is staging...

Traditional Chinese paintings in the playSudi Chunxiao.[Photo provided to China Daily]The National Theater of China will stage a performance ofSudi Chunxiao(Dawn on the Su Causeway in Spring) from April 5 to 14 in Beijing, telling the story of Su Dongpo, a Song Dynasty (960-1...