[7] Zhang Jiuling (Jyutping: Zoeng1 gau2 ling4; Traditional Chinese: 張九齢) was a poet of the Tang dynasty, and he was born and raised in what is modern-day Guangdong.
In the centuries that followed, there have been numerous poets of varying levels of prominence from the area of Guangdong, resulting in the formation of Lingnan school of poetry (Jyutping: Ling5 naam4 si1 paai3; Traditional Chinese: 嶺南詩派), named after Lingnan, the region covering the modern provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi.
[9] In terms of formats, the Lingnan school of poetry is largely similar to poems composed by other Han Chinese groups.
The term "Lingnan school of poetry" was first coined by the Ming Dynasty (14th to 17th century) scholar Hu Yinglin.
In the 17th century (late Ming period), the "three great experts of Lingnan" (Jyutping: Ling5 naam4 saam1 gaa1; Traditional Chinese: 嶺南三家),[11] advocated greater realism in Chinese-language poetry.