![]() He was a masterful exponent of the jueju form of poetry that paired couplets together, each line made up five or seven syllables. The poems were specifically written to be presented with a particular art work and, along with Meng Haoran, Wang Wei was one of the movement’s chief practitioners. Wang Wei was well known for his shanshui, or mountains and rivers, poetry that was influenced by landscape painting. ![]() ![]() In 731 he went to the Chinese frontier where there were many military conflicts and stayed for about 8 years. His bad luck changed rather quickly when he got to know poets Zhang Jiuling and Meng Haoran and he eventually ended up as an assistant censor. After passing the exams, his first job was to act as a musician but, following a mistake in etiquette, he was moved to looking after the court granary. At 19 he moved to the capital to undertake exams to enter into civil service and, while he was doing this, his ability as a poet came to the knowledge of the royal court. Wang Wei was a precocious and very talented child. He was born into aristocracy in 699 in Jinzhong and spent much of his life as a government official, as well as rising to the high status of a poet. ![]() ![]() In 8th Century China, Wang Wei was one of the most renowned poets and artists of the age and around 400 of his works survive to this day. ![]()
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