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Sikong Shu
Mid-Tang poet, courtesy name Wenming, one of the Ten Talents of the Dali era, skilled in five-character regulated verse on landscapes and travel homesickness.
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 Wenming · Wenchu
Sikong Shu, courtesy name Wenming (or Wenchu), from Guangping, was a mid-Tang poet and one of the Ten Talents of the Dali era. He served as Reminder of the Left, was demoted to assistant magistrate of Changlin, joined the staff of Wei Gao in Jiannan, and ended as Director of the Forestry Bureau. A master of five-character regulated verse on scenery and homesickness on the road, he is remembered for poems such as Delighted that My Cousin Lu Lun Stays the Night; his collection runs to three scrolls.
Life and times
Dates c. 720–c. 790 CE