Wang Jian
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Tang Dynasty poet
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Wang Jian was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. One of his poems is included in the famous anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. Biography Wang Jian was born around 766. He died around 831. Poetry Wang Jian had one poem collected in Three Hundred Tang Poems, which was translated by Witter Bynner as "A Bride". He was also known to write in the rare six-syllable line, which is characterized by the presence of two caesuras per line, dividing each line into three parts of two syllables each.
