Zheng Gu

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Zheng Gu(Chinese: 鄭谷), courtesy name Shouyu(守愚) was a Chinese poet who lived in the late Tang dynasty. Zheng was born in Yuanzhou. He held several different civil positions during the reign of Emperor Xizong of Tang and Emperor Zhaozong of Tang but he is best known for his literary works. Zheng was one of the ten sages of Fanglin(芳林十哲). Along with the other nine sages, he was one of the popular poets in the late Tang dynasty. For most of his contemporaries, he was known as Zheng Duguan(鄭都官). Duguan is the civil position Zheng held in the imperial court.