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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).

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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.

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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).

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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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