Meng Jiao (751–814)

Born 751 CE, died 814 CE.

Meng Jiao (751–814) was a Chinese poet during the Tang dynasty. Two of his poems have been collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. Meng was the oldest of the Mid-Tang poets and is noted for the unusual forcefulness and harshness of his poems.

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