Jiaoran ( Jiǎorán; 730–799), also known by his courtesy name
Qingzhou ( ), was a
Tang dynasty Chinese poet and Buddhist monk. Jiaoran wrote more than 470 poems and was one of the three major Tang dynasty poet-monks ( ), along with
Guanxiu (832–912) and
Qiji (863–937). He was the 12th generation grandson of
Xie An (320–385), a Jin dynasty (266–420) statesman who, despite his lack of military ability, led Jin through a major crisis—attacks by
Former Qin (351–394). His friend,
Lu Yu, is venerated as the Sage of Tea for his contribution to Chinese tea culture and the writer of
The Classic of Tea.
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Biography
Jiaoran was born in 730 in Wuxing District of Huzhou city, Zhejiang province. During the An Lushan Rebellion (755–763), he dwelt in seclusion and studied Taoism. When he was about forty, the Yuan-Chao Rebellion broken broke out. He received ordination as a monk in Tianzhou Temple ( ) in Hangzhou, in 767, the second year of the Dali period (766–779) of the Tang dynasty (618–907). He studied Risshū school at first and then converted to Chan Buddhism. He was the abbot of Miaoxi Temple ( ).
Works
• Shishi
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皎然（730年 - 799年），俗姓
謝，字
清晝，吳興郡（今浙江省湖州市）人，祖籍陳郡陽夏縣（今河南省周口市太康縣），劉宋康樂縣公謝靈運十世孫，
唐朝僧人、詩人。好飲茶，自稱「三飲得道」。
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生平
早年多次應進士舉不第，中年以後隱居家鄉杼山妙喜寺（今湖州妙西）修行佛法，與陸羽有交往。唐德宗貞元年間，宮中的高僧所編的文集中，就從他的作品採錄了十卷，其文被稱作文章雋麗。又參與顏真卿《韻海鏡源》之編纂，韋應物也很讚賞他。
後遷到廬山西林寺去住，又編寫出《詩式》五巻（是否皎然所作存在爭議）、《詩論》。另著有《皎然集》（《杼山集》）十卷《詩議》、《詩評》等。
著名詩句
• 七絕·塞下曲
寒塞無因見落梅，胡人吹入笛聲來。
勞勞亭上春應度，夜夜城南戰未回。
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