初唐

Chūtáng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Early Tang, the first stage of the Tang dynasty (618 to about 712) and of Tang poetry

Examples

HSK 5
Wáng Bó shì Chūtáng zuì yǒumíng de shīrén zhīyī.
Wang Bo is one of the best-known poets of the Early Tang.
HSK 7-9
Chūtáng de shī hái dài zhe Náncháo de huálì fēnggé, dào le Shèngtáng cái zhēnzhèng chéngshú.
Early Tang poetry still had the ornate style of the Southern Dynasties; it only truly matured in the High Tang.

Tips

usage
Tang poetry is divided into four stages: 初唐, 盛唐, 中唐 and 晚唐. The Early Tang runs from the founding in 618 to about 712, just before the Kaiyuan era; its best-known poets are the 初唐四杰 (Four Paragons of the Early Tang) and 陈子昂.

Stroke Order

初 chū
唐 Táng