[1]Name, dates, and identityThe evidence identifies Zhao Gu as a Tang poet and man of letters, gives 806 as his birth year, and preserves competing accounts of his death as 852, approximately age forty, or unknown.
CBDBZhao Gu (94018)The basic record gives Zhao Gu, 806, 852, and the statuses poet and man of letters.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The profile and biographies place him in the Tang period, give 806 and a qualified 852, and preserve the approximately-forty and unknowable-death traditions.
WikidataZhao Gu (Q11636642)The person item confirms the names and supplies time claims for 806 and 852.
[2]Courtesy name and native placeHe was styled Chengyou, was the twenty-second in birth order, came from Shanyang in present-day Huai'an, Jiangsu, and is associated with the alternate characters 承佑 and the names Zhao Yilou and Zhao Weinan.
CBDBZhao Gu (94018)The basic record lists the courtesy name, birth-order name, alternate names, and Shanyang native place.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The profile and biographies provide the courtesy name, birth-order name, alternate names, Shanyang, and the alternate character form.
WikidataZhao Gu (Q11636642)The name list confirms the associated courtesy and alternate names.
[3]Early travels and serviceThe biographies describe his frontier journey, travels through Huainan and Wu-Yue, residence in Wanling, service in Yuan Zhen's staff, later residence in Xuancheng, and service in Shen Chuanshi's staff; the office data gives the corresponding staff appointments.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The biographies provide the travels, Wanling residence, Yuan Zhen's staff, the move to Wuchang, Xuancheng, and Shen Chuanshi's staff.
CBDBZhao Gu (94018)The office entries list the Zhejiang Eastern Circuit and Xuanshe staff appointments.
[4]Associates and variant namesHe associated with Lu Jianqiu, Shen Zixun, and Du Mu, while another biographical passage gives Lu Hongzhi and Shen Shushi; Du Mu also appears in the poetry-and-prose exchange data.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The biographies name all five associates or variant forms and describe literary association and poetic exchange.
CBDBZhao Gu (94018)The association entries list Du Mu and classify the contact as an exchange of poems and prose.
[5]Examinations and movementsThe biographies give the chronology of the 832 recommendation, the failed examination, the 844 jinshi success, the Zheng Yan list tradition, the Xunzhou journey, and the return to Shanyang; the examination entry broadly classifies him as a jinshi.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The biographies supply the recommendation, failed examination, successful examination, Zheng Yan list, Xunzhou journey, and return to Shanyang.
CBDBZhao Gu (94018)The examination entry broadly classifies Zhao Gu as a jinshi.
[6]Western Zhejiang and Chang'anHis home was in western Zhejiang, identified with present-day Zhenjiang in Jiangsu, and he traveled between western Zhejiang and Chang'an.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The biography identifies western Zhejiang with present-day Zhenjiang and describes movement between western Zhejiang and Chang'an.
[7]Weinan office and uncertain deathHe entered service as county lieutenant at Weinan during Dazhong and was known as Zhao Weinan; the appointment is dated to around 852 or 854 in different entries, while the death traditions differ and later movements are unknown.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The biographies describe the Weinan appointment, Zhao Weinan, the approximate 852 date, the competing death traditions, and the unknowability of later movements.
CBDBZhao Gu (94018)The office entry gives Weinan county lieutenant, Dazhong, and 854 as the beginning year, while the basic record gives 852 as the death year.
[8]Poetry and prose exchangesPoems and prose were presented in exchanges with Li Deyu, Liu Sanfu, and Shen Xun.
CBDBZhao Gu (94018)The association entries list Liu Sanfu, Li Deyu, and Shen Xun and classify each contact as an exchange of poems and prose.
[9]Poetic subjects and identityThe biographies praise his poetry as beautiful and full of interest, list its subjects, and preserve the criticism of narrow subject matter and thin content; the basic statuses identify him as a poet and man of letters accomplished in writing.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The biographies praise the poetry, list its subjects, and preserve the criticism of narrow subject matter and thin content.
CBDBZhao Gu (94018)The status entries identify him as a poet and man of letters and describe him as accomplished in writing.
[10]Regulated verse and critical assessmentsThe critical passages discuss the prominence, polish, clarity, sonority, diction, striking lines, quantities, and contrasting assessments of seven-character and five-character regulated verse.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The critical passages discuss the prominence, style, striking lines, quantities, and contrasting assessments of seven-character and five-character regulated verse.
[11]Yilou couplet and poetic reputationThe biographies associate the famous couplet with 《早秋》 or 《長安狄望》 and explain Du Mu's naming of Zhao Yilou. Later criticism says that the couplet's fame obscured his life, notes his other fine lines, treats his regulated verse as a late-Tang style, and compares it with Xu Hun and Liu Cang.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The biographies and poetic discussions provide the couplet, its differing titles, Du Mu's naming, the many fine lines beyond it, its overshadowing reputation, the late-Tang assessment, and comparisons with Xu Hun and Liu Cang.
CBDBZhao Gu (94018)The basic names include Zhao Yilou, and the association entry names Du Mu and classifies the contact as poetry and prose.
WikidataZhao Gu (Q11636642)The name list confirms Zhao Yilou as an associated name.
[12]Works and transmissionHis works include the Weinan ji and the Chronological Poems; the former is given as three juan in one tradition, while the latter has two juan and is said to survive in the Dunhuang manuscripts. The Complete Tang Poems contains two juan, supplementary collections add five poems and seven fragments, Duan Chaoduan made the stated collations, and Tan Youxue produced the two named studies.
CBDBZhao Gu (94018)The works data lists the Weinan ji and Chronological Poems.
Souyun趙嘏 (20205)The biographical passages provide the work titles, volume counts, Dunhuang survival, Tang anthology count, supplements, Duan Chaoduan's collation, and Tan Youxue's studies.
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