Lu Zhaolin

605–649), the master of Wen Xuan studies, and Wang Yifang (王義方; 615–669), a famous scholar of the Chinese classics.

[3] He worked in the archive of Prince Li Yuanyu (died 665), the seventeenth son of the founding Emperor Gaozu of the Tang dynasty.

[2] Lu was known for his erudition, and was said to have exhaustively studied the large collection of books in the prince's library.

[2] The disability forced him to resign from his post, and he became a disciple of the renowned doctor and alchemist Sun Simiao, living on Mount Taibai and in the capital Chang'an.

[4] Lu was best known for his qilü, or ballads of seven-character lines, such as "Chang'an: Ancient Theme", but his most remarkable works are poems expressing his personal suffering, such as "Five Sorrows" and "Resolving Sickness", which were written in the style of Li Sao of the Songs of Chu.