Bao Zhao

Bao Zhao
鮑照
Bao Zhao, painted by Kanō Tsunenobu in the 18th century.
Born	c. 414 Lanling County, Shandong, China
Died	September 466 (aged c. 52) China
Occupation(s)	Poet, politician
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鮑照
Simplified Chinese	鲍照
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bào Zhào Wade–Giles Pao4 Chao4 IPA [pâʊ ʈʂâʊ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Baauh Jiu Jyutping Baau6 Ziu3 IPA [paw˨ tsiw˧] Southern Min Tâi-lô Pāu Tsiàu Middle Chinese Middle Chinese pæ̀w tʃjèw
Courtesy name
Traditional Chinese	明遠
Simplified Chinese	明远
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Míngyuǎn

Bao Zhao (Chinese: 鮑照; c. 414 – September 466) was a Chinese poet, writer, and official known for his shi poetry, fu rhapsodies, and parallel prose who lived during the Liu Song dynasty (420–479). Bao's best known surviving work is his "Fu on the Ruined City" (Wú chéng fù 蕪城賦), a long fu rhapsody on the ruined city of Guangling (now Yangzhou).^[1]