Poetry

Wang Wan was attracted by mountains and lakes in Jiangnan and influenced by the delicate style of poetry at that time. So he wrote some works to chant the beautiful mountains and lakes.

A Mooring Under North Fort Hill

This poem was praised highly by the dignitary and became the model of many scholars to learn from. The spectacles this poem expressed also made deep impression on the Tang poetry. We can also see the poem in the Chinese textbook of grade seven. What』s more, Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao, quoted the poem in the lecture of Cambridge University.

生平

王湾是玄宗先天元年（712年）或二年（713年）进士。进士登第前后几年，他游历江南和湖南，与武平一有往来，《次北固山下》可能就作于此时。

开元初，任荥阳主簿。开元五年，时任秘书监的马怀素上书唐玄宗，请求修辑勘校内库旧书等散乱书籍，广采天下异本，历经五年，马怀素死后又由元行冲接手掌管此事，到开元九年（721年）编成《群书四部录》。王湾也是参与秘书监校理群籍工作的二十六人之一。 至开元十七年（729年），王湾仍在朝廷宫中任职，但任何官职已不可考。此后，王湾出任洛阳尉。开元中期逝世。

王湾一生交友较密的大多是比他年轻的诗人，如王维、李颀、高适等人。

《全唐诗》存其诗十首。

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