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Wang Changling (Chinese: 王昌龄; pinyin: Wáng Chānglíng, 698–765) was a major Tang Dynasty poet. He was originally from Taiyuan in the Shanxi province of China, according to the editors of the Three Hundred Tang Poems, although other sources claim that he was actually from Jiangning near modern-day Nanjing. After passing the prestigious jinshi examination, he became a secretarial official and later held other imperial positions, including that of an official of the Sishui county (汜水尉) in what is currently Henan province. Near the end of his life he was appointed as a minister of Jiangning county. He is best known for his poems describing battles in the frontier regions of western China.
He was a doctor, and was attached to the Empire's Files for a long time before he had to go into exile. The biographical news give little information about him, except that his name was among the names related to the Ming Emperor, and that he was supposed to be the Emperor's contemporary.
References
- (Three Hundred Tang Poems), Taipei: 三民書局印行, 2001.
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