Huangfu Ran

Huangfu Ran
Chinese	皇甫冉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huángfǔ Rǎn Wade–Giles Huang2-fu3 Jan3
Courtesy name: Maozheng
Chinese	茂政
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Màozhèng Wade–Giles Mao4-chêng4

Huangfu Ran (714? – 767?) was a Chinese poet of the mid-Tang dynasty. His courtesy name was Maozheng.

Biography

Birth and early life

He was born around 714. He was a native of Anding (modern-day Jingchuan County, Gansu Province). According to the New Book of Tang, Huangfu was able to compose literature by the age of ten, impressing Zhang Jiuling, who was the chancellor under Emperor Xuanzong at the time.

He was the older brother of Huangfu Zeng.

Political career

He left government after attaining the post of Zuo Bujue (左補闕).

Death

He died around 767.

Names

His courtesy name was Maozheng.

Poetry

In literary history, Huangfu is generally considered a poet of the so-called mid-Tang period, which spanned the late-eighth to early-ninth century.

There is an anthology of his poetry, called Tang Huangfu Ran Shiji (唐皇甫冉詩集).

Works cited

• Benn, James A. (2015). Tea in China: A Religious and Cultural History. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8208-73-9.
• "Huangfu Ran (Kōho Zen in Japanese)". Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten (in Japanese). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2014. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
• Research Centre for Translation, ed. (2004). Renditions. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 2017-06-25.

External links

• Books of the Quan Tangshi that include collected poems of Huangfu Ran at the Chinese Text Project:
  • Book 249
  • Book 250