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Zhao Gu
Late Tang poet, courtesy name Chengyou, jinshi of 844 and a county lieutenant at Weinan, known for polished regulated verse and nicknamed Zhao Yilou.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Chengyou · Zhao Yilou
Zhao Gu, courtesy name Chengyou, from Shanyang in Chuzhou, was a late Tang poet. He passed the jinshi in 844 and served as county lieutenant of Weinan, hence called Zhao of Weinan. A master of the seven-character regulated poem, he was admired by Du Mu for the line about a flute call and a man leaning on a tower in his Autumn View of Chang'an, earning the nickname Zhao Yilou. His collections include the Weinan Ji in three scrolls.
Life and times
Dates c. 806–c. 854 CE (accounts differ)