Tengwang Ge Xu

Tengwang Ge Xu
Traditional Chinese	Đằng Vương Các Tự
Simplified Chinese	Đằng Vương Các Tự
Literal meaning	Teng Prince's Pavilion Preface
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Téngwáng Gé Xù Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Tang4Wong4Gok3Zeoi6
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	Ngày mùa thu đăng Hồng phủ đằng vương các tiệc tiễn đưa tự
Simplified Chinese	Ngày mùa thu đăng Hồng phủ đằng vương các tiệc tiễn đưa tự
Literal meaning	Autumn Day Ascend Hongzhou City's Teng Prince's Pavilion Farewell Feast Preface
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qiūrì Dēng Hóng Fǔ Téngwáng Gé Jiànbié Xù Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Cau1Jat6Dang1Hung4Fu2Tang4Wong4Gok3Zin3Bit6Zeoi6

Tengwang Ge Xu(Chinese:Đằng Vương Các Tự;pinyin:Téngwáng Gé Xù,Preface to the Prince Teng's Pavilion), full namePreface to a Farewell Feast Atop the Prince Teng's Pavilion in Autumn(Chinese:Ngày mùa thu đăng Hồng phủ đằng vương các tiệc tiễn đưa tự;pinyin:Qiūrì Dēng Hóng Fǔ Téngwáng Gé Jiànbié Xù) orPreface to Poems on the Prince of Teng's Pavilion(Chinese:Đằng vương các thơ tự;pinyin:Téngwáng Gé Shī Xù), is a piece of literature byWang Boof theTang dynasty.It is considered a founding piece ofTang Literature.

It is classified asPianwen(Chinese:Văn biền ngẫu;pinyin:Piánwén), which depends greatly on rhythm, somewhat likeclassical Chinese poetry,but does not have a restriction of how many characters should be in one sentence, and how many sentences in one paragraph. It is named afterPavilion of Prince Teng,a pavilion standing by theGan RiverofNanchangCity, which was then called Hongzhou (Chinese:Hồng Châu;pinyin:Hóngzhou) and is the capital of the current province ofJiangxi.It was first built in the earlyTang dynasty.

Wáng Bó was on his way toJiaozhi County,in present-day northern Vietnam, visiting his father, and encountered a grand banquet held there. It is acknowledged that he actually finished the work at the banquet. The author expressed his sadness at being unable to make use of his talent. In fact, he was drowned in the South China Sea not long after he finished this classic before he reached Vietnam to see his father.

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Wen Zhengming's calligraphy ofTengwang Ge Xu