Wang Bo 1
Wang Bo (about 650-676), Zi 'an, Han nationality, was a writer in the Tang Dynasty. Longmen (now Hejin, Shanxi Province), a native of Gujiangzhou, was born in a Confucian family, and was called "Wang Luo" and "four outstanding men in the early Tang Dynasty" with Yang Jiong and Lu.
2. Yang Jiong
Yang Jiong (about 650-693) was born in Huayin, Huazhou (now huayin city, Shaanxi). Tang dynasty prime minister and writer, Chu Yang's great-grandson, Duke of Changshan County. Smart and knowledgeable, outstanding literary talent. In the 4th year of Xian Qing (659), he was a scholar, and the Hong Wen Pavilion will be made.
In the third year of Shangyuan (676), he took part in the system and made up the proofreader. In the first year of Yongchun (682), he was promoted to Prince (Li Xian) Zhan Shi Zhi. After two years (686), he was demoted to Zizhou Judicial Army. In the first year of Ruyi (692), he moved to Yingchuan County. Ruyi two years (693), died in office.
3. Lu
Lu (about 635- 685) was born in Fanyang, Youzhou (now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province). Tang dynasty ministers and famous poets.
Born in Lushi, Fanyang, he is knowledgeable and literate. He started from the official residence of Deng Wang (Li Yuanyu) and moved to Xindu County, Yizhou, where he resigned due to illness. Love poetry and literature, and Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Wang Luobin, also known as "four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty". Overwhelmed and drowned himself. He is the author of Lu Sheng Ji and Zhang Xie's Distressed Subsets of Ming Dynasty.
4. Luo
Luo (about 619-about 687) was originally from Yiwu, Wuzhou (now Yiwu, Zhejiang). A famous poet in Tang Dynasty. Born in poverty, with little talent. During Yonghui years, he became a subordinate of Daowang Li, served as the master book of martial arts, and moved to Chang 'an. For three years (678), Yifeng became a counselor, was imprisoned for something and was pardoned.
In the second year (680), except Linhai Cheng, he resigned. In the first year of Guangzhai (684), when fighting against Wu Zetian with Xu Jingye, he wrote "Asking Wu Zhao for Xu Jingye". After the fall of Xu Jingye, his whereabouts were unknown, or he was killed by rebels or escaped into an empty net.
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The rankings of the four outstanding figures are also different. Song's Essay on Sacrificing Du said that after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, "Wang Luo" returned and listed all the people in this order, which is the earliest known material. Zhang said that "Zhi Bei Tai Wei Pei Gong" said: "When choosing Cao, see Luo,,, and Yang Jiong", headed by Luo. Du Fu's poem "Wang Luzuo at that time", one is "Wang Yang Luo Lu"; The Biography of Pei Xingjian in the Old Tang Dynasty was also prefaced by Wang Yang Luo Lu.
Although the poems of the four masters have not lost their beauty since Qi Liang, they have initially reversed the literary atmosphere. At that time, it was clearly opposed to "official style" and "considered its disadvantages", which was supported by Lu and others. Their poems reversed the decadent and flashy atmosphere of court poetry before the Tang Dynasty, expanded the theme of poetry from the narrow field of pavilions and affairs to the vast space of rivers and lakes, and endowed poetry with new vitality.
Lu and Luo's seven-character songs tend to be ci-fu, with a slightly stronger momentum; Wang and Yang's five-character rhythm began to be standardized, and the tone was sonorous. Parallel prose is also full of flexibility and vividness in ci. Lu Shiyong's "Poetry Mirror" said, "Wang Bo is rich in Gao Hua and Yang Jiong, and according to the neighboring algae, Tan Yi and Zi 'an are the best?" When I transferred to the early Tang Dynasty, I took the Six Dynasties. The "four outstanding figures" were outstanding figures in the early Tang literary world during the transition period between the old and the new.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Masters in Early Tang Dynasty