Chen Zi'ang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Ziang (simplified Chinese: 陈子昂; traditional Chinese: 陳子昂; pinyin: Chén Zĭáng; Wade-Giles: Ch‛en Tzŭ-ang, often spelled Chen Zi'ang, 661–702) was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. A native of Shehong county (射洪) in what is today Suining Sichuan, he completed the Jinshi level of the Imperial Examination at age twenty-four. As an important advisor (右拾遗) to the Empress Wu Zetian, Chen was a firm advocate of poetry reflecting real life, and thus with his active interest in politics, much of his work has undertones of social commentary. Some^[1] have suggested that it was his work that was the reason he suffered persecution at the hands of Wu Sansi; he died in 702 having been in and out of prison.

Works

Chen Zi'ang is most well known for his collection of thirty-eight poems "Ganyu" (感遇).

References

1. ^ Zhu Xiaoyin, The Reason for Chen Zi'ang's Death (关于陈子昂的死因) 1983