Wen Tingyun (温庭筠) was a native of Qixian, Shanxi, circa 813 – 870 AD. Wen Tingyun was a writer of late Tang Dynasty lyrics, once known as the “originator of the flower room”. When he was young, he was a brilliant young man, but his behavior was so licentious and unrestrained that he frequented brothels and brothels, and most of his talent was lost in these lives.
温庭筠
wēn tíng yún
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Wen Tingyun was born in a family of officials and eunuchs, ancestor Danya (word Yanhong), Yanbo, Danyou (word Yan will be) three brothers are the founding ministers of the Tang Dynasty, ranked in the minister. Although Wen Tingyun early economic aspirations, but lifelong failure, before and after about ten years of career, mainly serving as a local staff, difficult to do. Most of his life was spent in wandering, seeking employment, applying for the examination, and living in idleness. In addition to the capital Chang’an and his hometown of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he also traveled to Shuzhong, Hunan, Hubei, and Shaanxi, and other places.
