Duan Chengshi

author and scholar of the Tang Dynasty in China

800 CE to 863 CE

Duan Chengshi (died 863) is an author and scholar of the Tang Dynasty in China.

He was born to a wealthy family in present day Zibo, Shandong.

A descendant of the early Tang official Duan Zhixuan (-642), and the son of Duan Wenchang, a high official under Tang Xuanzong, his family background enables him to obtain office without taking the Imperial exams.

As a poet, he is associated with Li Shangyin and Wen Tingyun.

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