page_title: Xiaoxiang poetry
section_title: Eight Views of Xiaoxiang
hierarchical_section_title: Xiaoxiang poetry / Influence / Eight Views of Xiaoxiang
context_page_description: Xiaoxiang poetry is one of the Classical Chinese poetry genres, one which has been practiced for over a thousand years. It is a poetry of scenic wonders, a poetry of officials exiled for their views and beliefs, and a poetry of dissent against submitting to government control. Xiaoxiang poetry is geographically associated with the Xiaoxiang region, around and south of Dongting Lake. The Xiaoxiang genre of literature is often associated with similarly themed Chinese calligraphy and Chinese painting. Famous poets in this genre include Qu Yuan, Song Yu, Jia Yi, Wang Yi, Yu Xin, Shen Quanqi, Zhang Yue, Li Bai, Du Fu, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, and Su Shi.
context_section_description: Xiaoxiang poetry and Chinese painting were fruitfully and mutually influential with each other in the development of the Eight Views of Xiaoxiang genre of serial art. A standard list is:
  Geese Descending to Level Sand (平沙雁落)
  Sail Returning from Distant Shore (遠浦帆歸)
  Mountain Market, Clearing Mist (山市晴嵐)
  River and Sky, Evening Snow (江天暮雪)
  Autumn Moon over Dongting (洞庭秋月)
  Night Rain on the Xiao Xiang (瀟湘夜雨)
  Evening Bell from Mist-Shrouded Temple (煙寺晚鍾)
  Fishing Village in Evening Glow (漁村夕照)
caption: Xia Gui (Song dynastic era) – "Mountain Market- Clear with Rising Mist", one of the 8 scenarios.
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