INTRODUCTION TO TANG POETRY |
| The Tang dynasty (618-907) reunified China after almost 400 years of political disunity that followed upon the dissolution of the Han dynasty in 220. During the Tang era, Eurasian exchange flourished across what has become known as the "Silk Road," contributing to the grand cosmopolitan culture of the Tang age. |
Robert Oxnam :: The Tang dynasty, which lasted from 618 to 907, is often referred to as China's golden age. Indeed Chinese culture flourished under the Tang, and Tang poets are perhaps the best known and most revered of all Chinese literary figures. David D. W. Wang :: Poetry reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty, roughly from the seventh to the ninth century. By that time, poetry had been instituted as the most important literary and social genre. |
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