Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the languages of China.
A
- Ai Qing
- An Qi 安é"œ
B
- Bai Juyi or Bo Juyi
- Consort Ban
- Ban Gu (32â€"92 A.D.)
- Bei Dao
- Bei Ling
C
- Cai Wenji
- Cai Yong
- Cao Cao 曹æ"
- Cao Pi
- Cao Zhi
- Chen Zi'ang
- ChÅ«gan Engetsu (1300â€"1375), Japanese poet who wrote in Chinese, a figure in "Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains" (literature in Chinese written in Japan)
- Cui Hao, Tang dynasty poet
D
- Du Fu æœç"«, the "Poet Sage"
- Du Mu (803-852), Tang poet, official
- Duo Duo
E
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang
F
- Fenggan, "Big Stick", a legendary Buddhist Monk. He was an associate of the famous legendary poets Han Shan and Shih Te.
G
- Gao Qi, Ming dynasty poet
- GidŠShūshin
- Gu Cheng
- Gu Taiqing
- Guan Daosheng
- Guo Moruo, poet, historian, archaeologist
H
- Hai Zi æµ·å, modern mystic poet
- Han Yu 韩愈
- Han Shan, "Cold Mountain"
- He Zhizhang
- Huang Tingjian 黄åºå … (1045â€"1105)
- Huarui Furen
I
- Ido Reizan
J
- Jia Dao 贾岛
- Jia Yi
- Jiang Yan
K
- Ke Yan
- Kokan Shiren
L
- Li He
- Li Hou Zhu
- Li Po (or Li Bai æŽç™½) the "Poet Immortal"
- Li Qiao, Tang poet
- Li Qingzhao
- Li Shangyin
- Li Yu (Li Houzhu)
- Liang Desheng
- Lin Huiyin
- Liu Yuxi
- Liu Zongyuan
- Lu Guimong
- Lu Ji
- Lu You
- Lu Yu
- Luo Binwang, Tang poet
- Lu Zhi
M
- Ma Rong
- Mang Ke
- Mao Zedong
- Mei Yaochen, Song dynasty poet
- Meng Haoran, Tang dynasty poet
- Mi Heng
- Mu Dan
N
- Natsume SÅseki, Japan's modern composer of Chinese poetry
- Nalan Xingde
- Ouyang Xiu
P
- Pan Yue
- Pan Lei
- Pei Di
- Pi Rixiu
Q
- Qiu Jin
- Qu Yuan, State of Chu poet
- Quan Deyu
- Qiao Ji
R
- Ruan Ji
S
- Shangguan Wan'er
- Shen Shanbao
- Shen Yue
- Shen Quanqi
- Shih-Te, "Pick-Up"
- Shih-wu, "Stonehouse"
- Shivaza Iasyr, wrote in the Dungan (Soviet Hui people) dialect
- Shu Ting
- Sima Xiangru
- Song Yu
- Su Dongpo, poet
- Su Shi
- Su Xiaoxiao
- Shang Ting
T
- Tao Qian, also known as Tao Yuanming
W
- Wang Anshi
- Wang Bo
- Wang Can
- Wang Changling
- Wang Rong
- Wang Wei (8th-century poet), the "Poet Buddha"
- Wang Wei (17th-century poet)
- Wang Yi-Ch'eng, poet
- Wang Yun (Qing Dynasty)
- Wei Zhuang
- Wen Tingyun
- Wen Yiduo
- Wu Cheng'en, Ming novelist, poet
- Wu Jiaji
X
- Xi Kang (or Ji Kang)
- Xi Xi
- Xiao Gang (Emperor Jianwen of Liang)
- Xie Lingyun
- Xie Tiao
- Xin Qiji
- Ouyang Xiu, Song statesman, historian, poet
- Lady Xu Mu
- Xu Zhi Mo 1895-1931, melancholic poet of early 20th century
- Xu Zihua
- Xue Tao 768-831
Y
- Yang Lian
- Yang Wanli
- Yang Xiong
- John Yau
- Yu Xuanji, or Yu Hsuan-chi
- Yu Xin
- Yuan Hongdao
- Yuan Zhen
- Yuan Zhongdao
- Yao Shouzhong
- Yao Sui
Z
- Zhai Yongming
- Zhang Heng
- Zhang Hua
- Zhang Ji (poet from Hubei)
- Zhang Ji (poet from Jiangnan)
- Zhang Jiuling
- Zhang Xu
- Zhao Luorui
- Zheng Min
- Zheng Yunduan
- Zhu Shuzhen
- Zhuo Wenjun
- Zuo Si
See also
- Chinese poetry
- Song Dynasty poets (list)
- List of Three Hundred Tang Poems poets
- Tang Dynasty poets (list)
- List of Chinese authors
- List of Hong Kong poets