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Chang Jian (c. 708 – c. 765, Chinese: 常建; pinyin: Cháng Jiàn, early part 8th century^[1]), and whose name, especially in older English transliteration, appears as "Ch'ang Chien", was a poet of the Tang dynasty, and two of whose poems were collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.

Biography

Chang Jian seems to be connected with the stratagem of "Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem" of the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

Poetry

Chang Jian is best known for his two poems which are included in the Three Hundred Tang Poems, translated by Witter Bynner as "At Wang Changling's Retreat" (a reference to the poet Wang Changling) and "A Buddhist Retreat Behind Broken-mountain Temple" (modern Xinfu temple in Changshu, Suzhou of Jiangsu province) .

Notes

↑ Wu, 223

References

Wu, John C. H. (1972). The Four Seasons of Tang Poetry. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E.Tuttle. ISBN 978-0-8048-0197-3

External links

Works by Chang Jian at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

[1] Wu, 223

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v t e Chinese poetry
Major eras	Classical Chinese poetry Modern Chinese poetry
Poetry by dynasty	Han poetry Jian'an poetry Six Dynasties poetry Tang poetry Song poetry Yuan poetry Ming poetry Qing poetry
Poetry works and collections	Classic of Poetry Chu Ci New Songs from the Jade Terrace Nineteen Old Poems Zhuying ji Wangchuan ji Poems of a Thousand Masters Complete Tang Poems Three Hundred Tang Poems Tangshi baimingjia quanji Wen Xuan Fangweng ci biannian jianzhu
Major forms	Antithetical couplet ci fu shi qu yuefu
Individual poems list	Chinese poems (category list) List of poems (article)
Modern English translated compilations	Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature One Hundred Poems from the Chinese & One Hundred More Poems from the Chinese
Regional styles	Cantonese poetry

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