List of Chinese-language poets

The following is a list of Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the languages of China.

A

 * Ai Qing

B

 * Bai Juyi or Bo Juyi
 * Consort Ban
 * Ban Gu (32–92 A.D.)
 * Bei Dao
 * Bei Ling
 * Bian Zhilin

C

 * Cai Wenji
 * Cai Yong
 * Cao Cao 曹操
 * Cao Pi
 * Cao Zhi
 * Cen Shen
 * Chen Sanli
 * Chen Nianxi
 * Chen Yinke
 * Chen Zi'ang
 * Chūgan Engetsu (1300–1375), 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

 * Dai Biaoyuan
 * Dai Wangshu
 * Dong Xiaowan
 * Du Fu 杜甫, the "Poet Sage"
 * Du Mu (803-852), Tang poet, official
 * Duo Duo

E

 * Emperor Xuanzong of Tang

F

 * Fei Ye 菲野
 * 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
 * Gidō Shūshin
 * Gong Zizhen
 * Gu Cheng
 * Gu Taiqing
 * Guan Daosheng
 * Guo Moruo, poet, historian, archaeologist

H

 * Hai Zi 海子, modern mystic poet
 * Han Yu 韩愈
 * Han Shan, "Cold Mountain"
 * He Zhizhang
 * Huang Tingjian 黄庭堅 (1045–1105)
 * Huarui Furen
 * Huang Zongxi

I

 * Ido Reizan

J

 * Jao Tsung-I
 * Ji Xian (b. 1903), leading Taiwanese modernist
 * Jia Dao 贾岛
 * Jia Yi
 * Jiang Yan

K

 * Ke Yan
 * Kokan Shiren
 * Kong Shangren

L

 * Leung Ping-kwan
 * Li E
 * Li Bai (Li Po), the "Poet Immortal"
 * Li He
 * Li Qiao
 * Li Qingzhao
 * Li Shangyin
 * Li Yu (Li Houzhu)
 * Liang Desheng
 * Liang Huang
 * Lin Huiyin
 * Liu Yuxi
 * Liu Zongyuan
 * Lu Guimong
 * Lu Ji
 * Lu You
 * Lu Yu
 * Lu Zhaolin
 * Lu Zhi
 * Luo Binwang

M

 * Ma Rong
 * Mang Ke
 * Mao Zedong
 * Mei Yaochen, Song dynasty poet
 * Meng Haoran, Tang dynasty poet
 * Mi Heng
 * Mu Dan

N

 * Natsume Sōseki, Japan's modern composer of Chinese poetry
 * Nalan Xingde
 * Nie Gannu

O

 * Ouyang Xiu

P

 * Pan Yue
 * Pan Lei
 * Pei Di
 * Pi Rixiu

Q

 * Qian Zhongshu
 * Qin Zihao (1902–1963), leading Taiwanese modernist
 * Qiu Jin
 * Qiu Wei
 * Qu Yuan, State of Chu poet
 * Quan Deyu
 * Qiao Ji

R

 * Ruan Ji

S

 * Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉儿)
 * Shen Shanbao (沈善宝)
 * Shen Yue (沈约)
 * Shen Quanqi (沈佺期)
 * Shi Zhi"index finger" (食指，郭路生)
 * Shih-Te, "Pick-Up" (拾得)
 * Shih-wu, "Stonehouse" (石屋)
 * Shivaza Iasyr, wrote in the Dungan (Soviet Hui people) dialect (雅斯尔·十娃子 or 亚瑟尔·十娃子)
 * Shu Ting (舒婷)
 * Sima Xiangru (司马相如)
 * Song Yu (宋玉)
 * Su Shi (苏轼)
 * Su Xiaoxiao (苏小小)
 * Shang Ting (商挺)

T

 * Tao Qian, also known as Tao Yuanming

W

 * Wang Anshi
 * Wang Bo
 * Wang Can
 * Wang Changling
 * Wang Rong
 * Wang Wei (Tang dynasty), the "Poet Buddha"
 * Wang Wei (17th-century poet)
 * Wang Yi-Ch'eng, poet
 * Wang Yun (Qing dynasty)
 * Wei Yuan
 * Wei Zhuang
 * Wen Tingyun
 * Wen Yiduo
 * Wu Cheng'en, Ming novelist, poet
 * Wu Jiaji
 * Wu Zao

X

 * Xi Chuan
 * Xi Kang (or Ji Kang)
 * Xi Xi
 * Xiao Gang (Emperor Jianwen of Liang)
 * Xie Lingyun
 * Xie Tiao
 * Xin Qiji
 * Lady Xu Mu
 * Xu Zhi Mo 1895–1931, melancholic poet of early 20th century
 * Xu Zihua
 * Xue Tao 768-831

Y

 * Yang Jiong
 * Yang Lian
 * Yang Wanli
 * Yang Xiong
 * Yao Shouzhong
 * Yao Sui
 * John Yau
 * Chia-ying Yeh
 * Yu Xin
 * Yu Xiuhua
 * Yu Xuanji
 * Yuan Hongdao
 * Yuan Zhen
 * Yuan Zhongdao

Z

 * Zhai Yongming
 * Zhang Heng
 * Zhang Hua
 * Zhang Ji (poet from Hubei)
 * Zhang Ji (poet from Jiangnan)
 * Zhang Jiuling
 * Zhang Xu
 * Zhang Yaotiao (Tang Geji poet)
 * Zhao Luanluan (Yuan dynasty poet)
 * Zhao Luorui
 * Zhang Zhidong
 * Zheng Min
 * Zheng Yunduan
 * Zhu Shuzhen
 * Zhuo Wenjun
 * Zuo Si