Luo Binwang (640–684)

Born 640 CE, died 684 CE.

Luo Binwang (simplified Chinese: 骆宾王; traditional Chinese: 駱賓王; pinyin: Luò Bīnwáng; Wade–Giles: Lo Pin-wang, ca. 619–684?), courtesy name Guanguang (觀光), was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. His family was from Wuzhou, modern Yiwu, Zhejiang, but he was raised in Shandong. Along with Lu Zhaolin, Wang Bo and Yang Jiong, Luo is listed as one of the Four Paragons of the Early Tang, the most outstanding poets of their time.

Text from the Wikipedia article Luo_Binwang, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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