Xie Tiao (traditional Chinese: 謝朓; simplified Chinese: 谢朓; pinyin: Xiè Tiào; style name: Xuan Hui (玄辉)) (464–499) was the leading Southern Qi poet of the Yongming reign.
[2] He was a master of the five-syllable style and excelled at landscape poetry,[3] writing a number of poems which focused on "mountains and streams.
"[citation needed] He was eventually maligned, arrested, and died in prison aged 35.
His father, Xie Wei (谢纬) was a shilang (侍郎, assistant minister) and his mother was princess of Empire Songwen.
Some of his poems have been translated into English by New Zealand poet Diana Bridge.