Du Shenyan

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

Du Shenyan (Chinese: 杜審言; pinyin: Dù Shěnyán; Wade–Giles: Tu Shen-yen, ca. 645–708) was a poet of the early Tang dynasty, and one of whose poems was collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.

Biography

Du Shenyan was born around 646 and lived into his sixties. He was a poet, calligrapher (none of which is known to survive), and the grandfather of the famous poet Du Fu.

Poetry

Du Shenyan is perhaps best known for his one poem which is included in the Three Hundred Tang Poems, translated by Witter Bynner as "On a Walk in the Early Spring Harmonizing a Poem By my Friend Lu Stationed at Changzhou". A total of Forty-three of his poems survive.

References

• Wu, John C. H. (1972). The Four Seasons of Tang Poetry. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E.Tuttle. ISBN 978-0-8048-0197-3

External links

• Works by Du Shenyan at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)