Tang dynasty poet from Bianzhou (
汴州, modern Kaifeng). His most celebrated poem
《黄鹤楼》 'Yellow Crane Tower', written at the tower in Wuhan, was ranked the greatest seven-character regulated verse (
七律) of the Tang by the Ming critic Yan Yu. Legend has it that
李白 himself was so awed he refused to write his own poem on the same tower.