Wang Wei

• Born: c. 698-701
• Died: c. 759-761

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.