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Basic Meaning: Tanyu

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  • (late 9c-early 10c) Poet-monk 詩僧 of the late Tang and Five Dynasties. Also known as Master Huiguang 惠光大師. An ardent student of the classics while growing up in Yangzhou 揚州, he later settled in Shu 蜀, likely as a result of the collapse of the Tang dynasty. A disciple of preeminent poet/painter/calligrapher-monk Guanxiu 貫休, he wrote the definitive preface to his masterʼs poetry collection Chanyue ji 禪月集 (which is also the worldʼs first printed poetry collection) in 923. Tanyu was an accomplished artist in his own right, well-known for his calligraphy, poetry, and a commentary to the Shuowen jiezi 說文解字 which circulated widely throughout the kingdom of Shu. He maintained a correspondence with the other major poet-monk of his day, Qiji 齊己, though it is unlikely the two ever met face-to-face. Tanyuʼs ten-fascicle poetry collection, titled Longhua ji 龍華集, was lost sometime after the compilation of the Songshi 宋史 catalogue in the 14th century. Only three of his poems are extant, found in Quan Tangshi. 〔宋高僧傳, T 2061.50.897b16–18〕

    Sources

    Fu, Xuancong, ed. 1987–1995. Tang caizi zhuan jiaojian唐才子傳校箋 . Beijing:  Zhonghua shuju. 5 vols. vol. 1:3 551.

    Wu, Renchen, ed. 1983. Shiguo chunqiu 十國春秋 . Beijing:  Zhonghua shuju. 4 vols. 831.

    [Thomas Mazanec; source(s): Fu Xuancong]
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    Dai kanwa jiten No. 14172.H001, p. H391

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    Entry created: 2015-08-30

    Updated: 2016-09-30