Wang Wei's "Wang River Collection" includes some of the finest poems of the Tang.!
Wang Wei&#; width=&#;&#; height=&#;&#; class=&#;alignright size-full wp-image&#; />One of the most well-known poets of the Tang dynasty, Wang Wei was born in in Shenshi.
His parents were both well-educated, and Wei followed in their footsteps, sitting for and passing the shin-shih at the age of His success in those exams ensured him entry into the literary circles of the city. Wang was appointed the Assistant Secretary for Music, but soon found himself exiled to the Shantung provinces where he remained for several years.
Written by Wang Wei (699-761) during the Tang Dynasty.
Upon his return to Chang-an, then the largest city in the Chinese world, he married and began to establish his own estates. Wang&#;s wife died when he was thirty, and he never remarried.
Wang spent much of his life in government service, both in Chang-an and in posts to outlying districts.
In , he retired from service to paint and write. Captured by An Lushan rebels in , he was forced to collaborate, and when the Imperial dynasty returned to power, he was briefly i