< A Chinese Biographical Dictionary
137 Ch'ang Chien 常建. 8th cent A.D. A poet of the T'ang dynasty. He graduated as chin shih in A.D. 727 and entered upon an official career, but ultimately retired to the mountains and lived as a hermit, devoting himself to the cult of Tao.
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