Song poetry
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This article is about poetry of the Chinese Song dynasty, sometimes referred to as the "Sung Dynasty" in older sources. For song lyrics set to music for a fee in 20th century North America, see Song poem. For poetry that is sung, see Sung poetry.
Song poetry refers to Classical Chinese poetry of or typical of the Song dynasty of China, established by the Zhao family in China in 960 and lasted until 1279.
Many of the best known Classical Chinese poems, popular also in translation, are from the Song dynasty poets, such as Su Shi (Dongpo), Ouyang Xiu, Lu You and Yang Wanli. This was also a time of great achievement in painting and literature, and many artists were accomplished in more than one of these fields while simultaneously holding government positions.