Selected Poems of Meng Haoran

Author: Chen Yixin
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: Traditional records say Meng Haoran lived in Lumen Mountain in seclusion. In fact, his home was not there. Meng Haoran had a hometown friend named Wang Jun, whom he wrote many poems about in his collection. "Complete Collection of Tang Poems" includes a poem titled "Feast with Meng Haoran" by Wang Jun, prefixed with a short biography: "Wang Jun, from Lumen, styled White Cloud Master, was a good friend of Meng Haoran." These words were all extracted from Meng's poems. According to Meng Haoran's "White Cloud Master Wang Jun Visits," "On idle days when I return to my leisure..."