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Han Yu ▪ 韩愈
Born: 768 CE (Nanyang, Henan Province)
Died: 824 CE (Chang'an (capital), Shaanxi Province)
Dynasty: Tang
Han Yu, an orphan, passed the civil service examination in 792 CE after three unsuccessful attempts. He then formed a literary circle that was the start to his widespread influence. He held a series of government posts until 819 when he was banished to the south by the Tang emperor Xianzong as a result of his celebrated "Memorial on Bone Relics of the Buddha", protesting against pervasive Buddhist influence across the nation. He was a poet and essayist, his works a harbinger of the rising tide of Neo-Confucianism.
Source: wikipedia.org 06.12.08
Poems:
▪ 左迁至蓝关示侄孙湘 ▪ Relegated to Lan Pass,
An Explanation to My Grandnephew Xiang
Died: 824 CE (Chang'an (capital), Shaanxi Province)
Dynasty: Tang
Han Yu, an orphan, passed the civil service examination in 792 CE after three unsuccessful attempts. He then formed a literary circle that was the start to his widespread influence. He held a series of government posts until 819 when he was banished to the south by the Tang emperor Xianzong as a result of his celebrated "Memorial on Bone Relics of the Buddha", protesting against pervasive Buddhist influence across the nation. He was a poet and essayist, his works a harbinger of the rising tide of Neo-Confucianism.
Source: wikipedia.org 06.12.08
Poems:
▪ 左迁至蓝关示侄孙湘 ▪ Relegated to Lan Pass,
An Explanation to My Grandnephew Xiang
