Bao Rong (Chinese: 包融; Wade–Giles: Pao Jung; fl.
early 8th century) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty.
He was a native of Yanling (modern Danyang, Jiangsu province).
[1] He is traditionally grouped with He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu, and Zhang Ruoxu as the Four Poets of Central Wu (吳中四士), the Lower Yangtze region.
[2] He served as a minor official in the Ministry of Justice of the Tang government, and was a close friend of the poet Meng Haoran.