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1. Han Yu

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   Poetic Contributions
   While his prose established his political reputation, Han Yu was also a major figure in Tang poetry, often exhibiting a rugged, energetic style ($\text{Qiangshi}$, 雄奇) that departed from the prevailing naturalism of contemporaries like Bai Juyi. His poetry frequently employed unusual or archaic diction and sought to imbue mundane subjects with weighty historical or moral significance.
   A notable feature of Han Yu's verse is its sometimes startlingly dissonant imagery, a byproduct, some literary historians suggest, of the chronic, low-grade visual …