Jiang Yan (poet)

Jiang Yan
Born	444 Kaocheng
Died	505
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Chinese
Period	Southern dynasty

Jiang Yan (Chinese: 江淹; 444 – 505) was a poet and fu writer during the Northern and Southern dynasties period known for his imitation poetry, a prominent genre of the Six Dynasties era.^[1]

Jiang Yan stated that he loved the strange and different, and therefore sought new social trends and literary habits. This affected his friendships and writing style.

There was a legend saying that Jiang once dreamt of returning his magic writing brush to Guo Pu, and lost his talent in writing. The idiom "江郎才盡" is therefore used for describing the situation when a creator is experiencing writer's block after using up all his/her talent.

References

^ Williams, Nicholas Morrow (2014-11-06), "Imitations of the Self: Jiang Yan and Chinese Poetics", Imitations of the Self: Jiang Yan and Chinese Poetics, Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-28245-2, retrieved 2024-04-26

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 Complete Tang Poems Three Hundred Tang Poems Wangchuan ji Wen Xuan Zhuying ji
Major forms	Antithetical couplet ci fu shi qu yuefu
Individual poems list	Chinese poems (category list) List of poems (article)
Modern compilations	Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature
Regional styles	Cantonese poetry

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