Tang poet called the master of the seven-character quatrain. His frontier poem 出塞, opening 秦时明月汉时关, and the farewell line 一片冰心在玉壶 are among the most recited in China.
" Yí piàn bīng xīn zài yù hú " chūzì Wáng Chānglíng de 《 Fúrónglóu sòng Xīn Jiàn 》.
'A heart pure as ice in a jade pot' comes from Wang Changling's 'Seeing Off Xin Jian at Hibiscus Tower'.
Tips
culture
His 《从军行》 has the couplet 黄沙百战穿金甲，不破楼兰终不还: 'a hundred battles in the yellow sand have worn through our golden armour; we won't go home till Loulan falls'. 穿 here means 'pierce, wear through', not 'put on'.
history
He was killed by a local official around 757, during the chaos of the An Lushan Rebellion.
