Chen Tao
Chen Tao

Chen Tao (Chinese: 陈陶; pinyin: Chén Táo, 824-882) was a poet of the late Tang dynastyHe wrote four poems about war in Lonxi, one of which was included in the anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. Some of his other poems were anthologized in Quantangshi (also known as, the Collected Tang Poems). The poem appearing in the Three Hundred Tang Poems is the well-known verse sometimes known as "Lung-hsi Song".

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