Du Shenyan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Du.

Du Shenyan (Wade–Giles: Tu Shen-yen, c. 645 – 708)^[1][2] was a Chinese poet and politician. He was a poet of the early Tang dynasty, and one of his poems was collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.

Du Shenyan
杜審言
Shenyan by Kanō Tsunenobu, painted in the 18th century
Born	c. 645 Xiangyang, Hubei, Tang Empire
Died	708 (aged c. 63) Chang'an, Shaanxi, Tang Empire
Occupation(s)	Poet, politician
Children	Du Xian Du Bing Du Zhuan Du Deng
Relatives	Du Fu (grandson)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	杜審言
Simplified Chinese	杜审言
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dù Shěnyán Wade–Giles Tu Shen-yen
Bijian
Traditional Chinese	必簡
Simplified Chinese	必简
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bìjiǎn

Biography

Du Shenyan was born around 645 and lived into his sixties. He was a poet, calligrapher (none of which is known to survive), and the grandfather of the famous poet Du Fu.^[1]

Poetry

Du Shenyan is perhaps best known for his one poem which is included in the Three Hundred Tang Poems, translated by Witter Bynner as "On a Walk in the Early Spring Harmonizing a Poem By my Friend Lu Stationed at Changzhou". A total of forty-three of his poems survive.^[1]