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Wang Wei was a Chinese scholar-official counted among the greatest Chinese poets in history, and sometimes described as a paragon of the ideal Confucian scholar gentleman.
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Wang Wei was a Chinese scholar-official counted alongside [[Li Bai]], [[Du Fu]], and [[Bai Juyi]] as one of the greatest Chinese poets in history; Wang is also sometimes described as a paragon of the ideal Confucian scholar gentleman.
  
 
Wang was originally from Qixian County in China's [[Shanxi province]]; late in life, he made his retirement in Lantian County, near [[Chang'an]].
 
Wang was originally from Qixian County in China's [[Shanxi province]]; late in life, he made his retirement in Lantian County, near [[Chang'an]].

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Wang Wei was a Chinese scholar-official counted alongside Li Bai, Du Fu, and Bai Juyi as one of the greatest Chinese poets in history; Wang is also sometimes described as a paragon of the ideal Confucian scholar gentleman.

Wang was originally from Qixian County in China's Shanxi province; late in life, he made his retirement in Lantian County, near Chang'an.