Wang Bao
| Wang Bao | |
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| Poet and author of Han Dynasty | |
| Born | c. 84 BCE |
| Died | c. 53 BCE |
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| Chinese | 王褒 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wáng Bāo |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Wang Bau |
| Wade–Giles | Wang2 Pao1 |
| IPA | [wǎŋ páu] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Wòhng Böu |
| Jyutping | Wong4 Bou1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Tâi-lô | Ông Po |
Wang Bao (Chinese: 王褒) (c. 84 – c. 53 BCE),courtesy name Ziyuan (子淵), was a lyricist, writer, and a poet of the Classical Chinese poetry tradition, who was involved in the Chu Ci poetry revival which took place in the second part of Emperor Xuan's reign, and which led to development of parts of what would eventually be the final form of the early poetry anthology by the same name, compiled by Wang Yi: Chu Ci means "literature of Chu", Chu being the area of a former independent kingdom, located in what was from the viewpoint of the Han Dynasty the south of China. Wang Bao is particularly known today as the author of the Chu Ci section "Nine Regrets". Although not as famous as "Li Sao" or "Heavenly Questions", and despite (as have all the Chu Ci contents) having sometimes having had Qu Yuan credited as author, having his works included in one of the two major early anthologies of Chinese poetry helped to secure Wang Bao's legacy as poet and author. Wang Bao became famous during the reign of Han Dynasty emperor Emperor Xuan (r. 74 BCE – 49 BCE), and he attended the emperor and the prince, his presumptive heir.
Wang Bao was a native of Ziyang, in Sichuan: the Sichuan area was then known as Shu and was one of the remote parts of the territory of the Han Empire. One of Wang Bao's songs incorporating lyrics which he wrote by commission from a local official in praise of the Han government and which were then set to music was eventually performed for emperor Xuan, who quite enjoyed the performance, particularly the lyrics, and summoned Wang by imperial command to attend him at court . He was received as a court poet, with an honorary position as a government officer (with a nominal title but real salary), and where his continued literary success at the imperial court derived from his exercise of his talent for combining lyricism and flattery.
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