Chu Guangxi (Chinese:儲光羲;pinyin:Chǔ Guāngxī; 706/707–760) was a Tang dynasty poet.

Biography

Chu Guangxi was born in around 706 or 707, and was originally from Yan Province (modern-day Shandong Province).

In the last year of the Tianbao era he was appointed investigating censor (simplified Chinese:监察御史;traditional Chinese:監察御史). He was implicated in the An Lushan Rebellion and exiled to Lingnan.

He died in c.760.

Poetry

His surviving poems, such as "Mutong Ci" (牧童詞 mù tóng cí) and "Diaoyu Wan" (釣魚灣 diào yú wān), are simple, elegant and pastoral.

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