poet Cui Hao

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Cui Hao was a prominent Tang dynasty poet best known for his celebrated poem about Yellow Crane Tower, which has secured his lasting place in Chinese literary history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese poet
Tang dynasty poet
poet
activeIn China
associatedWith Yellow Crane Tower
countryOfCitizenship Tang dynasty
culturalSignificance helped define the poetic image of Yellow Crane Tower
culturalSphere Sinosphere
dynasty Tang dynasty
era High Tang
ethnicity Han Chinese
floruit 8th century
gender male
genre frontier poetry
lüshi
regulated verse
hasCanonicalStatus included in major Tang poetry anthologies
historicalRole representative poet of the flourishing Tang literary culture
influenced Chinese landscape poetry
later Tang poets
knownFor evocative frontier and travel poems
poem about Yellow Crane Tower
languageOfWorkOrName Classical Chinese
legacy his Yellow Crane Tower poem became a touchstone for later poets visiting the site
literaryForm five-character regulated verse
seven-character regulated verse
literaryReputation one of the prominent poets of the High Tang period
medium written poetry
movement Tang poetry
name Cui Hao
nativeName 崔颢
notableWork Yellow Crane Tower
黃鶴樓
occupation official
poet
partOf High Tang poetry tradition
poeticSchool court-centered High Tang poetry
referencedBy later Chinese literary critics
poets writing about Yellow Crane Tower
style refined and ornate diction
vivid imagery
theme impermanence
landscape and travel
nostalgia
separation

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Yellow Crane Tower
associatedWith
Cui Hao ("崔颢")
nativeName

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