A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ang Chien

1758393A Chinese Biographical Dictionary — Ch'ang ChienHerbert A. Giles

137 Ch'ang Chien 常建. 8th cent A.D. A poet of the T'ang dynasty. He graduated as chin shih in A.D. 727 and entered upon an official career, but ultimately retired to the mountains and lived as a hermit, devoting himself to the cult of Tao.