East Asia Events Chinese poetry in the Tang dynasty develops into what is now considered to be of the characteristic style known as Tang poetry, highlighted by the work of Li Bai and Du Fu. Japanese poetry emerges, and the first imperial poetry anthologies are compiled 759 Japanese general Otomo no Yakamochi compiles the first Japanese poetry anthology, Man'yōshū, containing some 500 poems by Japanese poets who include the emperor, nobleman and commoners. December 24 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, staying with his fellow poet Pei Di, where he composes poems about life in his thatched cottage. Chinese Poets Wang Wei (701–761), Tang dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter and statesman Li Bai (701–762), Chinese poet, one of the "Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup" Cui Hao (704–754), Chinese poet especially of women, frontier outposts, and natural scenery Qian Qi (710–782), Chinese poet Du Fu (712–770), Chinese poet especially of historical subjects Wei Yingwu (737–792), Chinese poet whose works are included in the Three Hundred Tang Poems Quan Deyu (759–818), Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty and poet Han Yu (768–824), a precursor of Neo-Confucianism as well as an essayist and poet Xue Tao (768–831), female Chinese poet Bai Juyi (772–846), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty, writing poems themed around his responsibilities as a governor; renowned in Japan as well Liu Yuxi (772–842), Chinese poet, philosopher, and essayist Liu Zongyuan (773–819), Chinese writer and poet Jia Dao (779–843), Chinese poet of discursive gushi and lyric jintishi Yuan Zhen (779–831), Chinese writer and poet of the middle Tang dynasty known for his work Yingying's Biography Li He (790–816), Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty, known for his unconventional and imaginative style Lu Tong (790–835), Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty, known for his tea poems Niu Yingzhen, Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty For list of Tang dynasty poets, see: Tang Dynasty poets (list) Japanese Poets Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 (c. 698 – c. 770), scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe) Fujiwara no Hamanari 藤原 浜成 (724–790), poet and a nobleman of the Nara period; best known for Kakyō Hyōshiki, the oldest extant piece of Japanese poetic criticism, in which he attempts to apply phonetic rules of Chinese poetry to Japanese poetry; son of Fujiwara no Maro Fujiwara no Sadakata 藤原定方, also known as "Sanjo Udaijin" 三条右大臣 (873–932), father of