An Unparalleled Poem: Zhang Ruoxu and a Spring River Night

A single poem from the High Tang that astonished the world, its moonlit river shining on the soul of poetry for a thousand years. Zhang Ruoxu rises and falls in the treacherous world of officialdom, while the fate of his beloved and the bright moon remains a mystery. Amid the flames of war, “Spring River in the Flower Moonlight Night” survives against all odds. This historical saga captures the poet’s integrity and the joys and sorrows of a turbulent age. See how the poem hailed as “the one masterpiece that surpasses all the Tang” illuminates the night sky of the High Tang!