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Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元) ( 773 - 819) was a Chinese writer who lived in Chang'an in the Tang dynasty. Along with Han Yu, he was a founder of the Classical Prose Movement (古文運動). He was traditionally classed as one of the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song.

His civil service career was initially successful, but in 805 he fell from favour because of his association with a failed reformist movement. He was exiled first to Yongzhou, ( Hunan province, and then to Liuzhou ( Guangxi province). However, this setback allowed his literary career to flourish: he produced poems, fables, reflective travelogues and essays sythesizing elements of Confucianism, TaoismFor other uses of the words "tao" and "dao", see Tao (disambiguation) and Dao (disambiguation). Taoism or Daoism is usually described as an Asian philosophy and religion, although it is also said to be neither but rather an aspect of Chinese wisdom. The T and BuddhismTian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of Siddhrtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; in Pli, Siddhattha Gotama , who lived between approximately 563 and 483 BCE.. His best-known travel pieces are the Eight Records of Excursions in Yangzhou . Around 180 of his poems are extant. Some of his works celebrate his freedom from office, while others mourn his banishment.

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