Wang Changling
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Wang Changling (698–756) was a major Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

 poet. His zi was Shaobo . He was originally from Taiyuan
Taiyuan
Taiyuan is the capital and largest city of Shanxi province in North China. At the 2010 census, it had a total population of 4,201,591 inhabitants on 6959 km² whom 3,212,500 are urban on 1,460 km². The name of the city literally means "Great Plains", referring to the location where the Fen River...

 in the Shanxi
Shanxi
' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....

 province of China, according to the editors of the Three Hundred Tang Poems
Three Hundred Tang Poems
The Three Hundred Tang Poems is an anthology of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty first compiled around 1763 by Sun Zhu , the Qing scholar also known as Hengtang Tuishi . Various later editions also exist...

, although other sources claim that he was actually from Jiangning
Jiangning
Jiangning may refer to:*Jiankang, ancient city in China, in today's Nanjing area, also named Jiangning*Nanjing, which was officially called Jiangning during the Qing Dynasty, Northern Song Dynasty, and earlier and later periods of Tang Dynasty....

 near modern-day Nanjing. After passing the prestigious jinshi examination, he became a secretarial official and later held other imperial positions, including that of an official posting to Sishui (汜水), in what is currently Xingyang
Xingyang
Xingyang , is one of county-level cities of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. It is 15 kilometers in the west of Zhengzhou city and is the nearest city to Zhengzhou as well...

, in Henan
Henan
Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...

 province. Near the end of his life he was appointed as a minister of Jiangning
Jiangning
Jiangning may refer to:*Jiankang, ancient city in China, in today's Nanjing area, also named Jiangning*Nanjing, which was officially called Jiangning during the Qing Dynasty, Northern Song Dynasty, and earlier and later periods of Tang Dynasty....

 county. He is best known for his poems describing battles in the frontier regions of western China.

Wang Changling was one of the competitors in the famous wine shop competition along with Gao Shi
Gao Shi
Gao Shi , was a poet of the Tang Dynasty, and some of whose poems were collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.Born into an impoverished family in Hunan Province, Gao eventually became a secretary in the military, enjoying a successful career.Gao Shi was one of the competitors...

 and Wang Zhihuan
Wang Zhihuan
Wang Zhihuan and whose name has been traditionally been transcribed "Wang Tsu-huan" was a Chinese poet of the Kaiyuan era. He is known for his famous poem entitled "On the Stork Tower" -Poetry:...

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