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Han Yu () ( 768 – 824 ), born in Nanyang, Henan, China, was a precursor of Neo-Confucianism as well as an essayist and poet, during the Tang dynasty.
The Indiana Companion calls him " comparable in stature to Dante, Shakespeare or Goethe " for his influence on the Chinese literary tradition ( p. 397 ).
He is also among China's finest prose writers, second only to Sima Qian, and first among the " Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song ".
Song Dynasty poet Su Shi praised Han Yu that he had written prose which " raised the standards after 8 dynasties of literary weaknesses " ( 文起八代之衰 ).
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