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4 unusual facts about Tang Gao


Tang Gao

Besides, different from his early poems and essays, which regarded Taosim (道教)as heresy, his late works often cited Buddhist Scriptures(佛典).

His eldest grandson Tang Rulong(唐汝龍), who received a good education from Tang Gao, learned Li Bai(李白)’s poetic style and was highly appreciated by Qian Qianyi.

As the Number One Scholar(狀元) in the ninth year (1514) of Zhengde Emperor(正德皇帝) in Ming Dynasty, Tang Gao (唐皋,1469-1526), styled himself as Shouzhi(守之), Xin’an(心庵), and Ziyang hermit(紫陽山人), was born in Yansi town(巖寺鎮), She county(歙縣), Huizhou(徽州府), South Zhili(南直隸).

The poems were once selected into Qian Qianyi(錢謙益)’s “Lie-Chao-Shi-Ji”(《列朝詩集》), which represented his retro trend.



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