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Sun Chuo

Sun Chuo (320-377) was a Chinese poet of the Six Dynasties poetry tradition. He was one of the famous participants of the Orchid Pavilion Gathering, along with Wang Xizhi, and a large group of other scholar-poets, in 353 CE, in Shan-yin. Sun Chuo is also famous for a fu upon the topic of Mount Tiantai, as well as his pioneering work on Chinese landscape poetry He was considered the foremost man of letters of his day.

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Sun Chuo (traditional Chinese: 孫綽; simplified Chinese: 孙绰; pinyin: Sūn Chuò; Wade–Giles: Sun Ch'o) (320-377) was a Chinese poet of the Six Dynasties poetry tradition. He was one of the famous participants of the Orchid Pavilion Gathering, along with Wang Xizhi, and a large group of other scholar-poets, in 353 CE, in Shan-yin (now part of the modern province of Zhejiang). Sun Chuo is also famous for a fu upon the topic of Mount Tiantai, as well as his pioneering work on Chinese landscape poetry1 He was considered the foremost man of letters of his day.2

Poetry

One of his well-known poems was simply titled "Orchid Pavilion".3

Family

As a grandson of the Jin official Sun Chu (孙楚), Sun Chuo was also a cousin of Jin official/historian Sun Sheng; Sun Chu was also a grandson of the Cao Wei official Sun Zi (孙资).4

See also

See also

Notes

Notes

  1. Chang, 9-10
  2. Herbert Allen Giles, A Chinese Biographical Dictionary, p. 688.
  3. Yip, 136-137
  4. Jin Shu, vols.56 and 82.
References

References

  • Chang, H. C. (1977). Chinese Literature 2: Nature Poetry. (New York: Columbia University Press). ISBN 0-231-04288-4
  • Yip, Wai-lim (1997). Chinese Poetry: An Anthology of Major Modes and Genres . (Durham and London: Duke University Press). ISBN 0-8223-1946-2