Jia Dao

Jia Dao (779-843), courtesy name Lang (Lang) Xian, was a poet of the Tang Dynasty. Han nationality, a native of Fanyang County, Youzhou, Hebei Province (now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province) in the Tang Dynasty. In his early years, he became a monk with no original title. Called himself "Jieshi Mountain Man". It is said that when he was in Luoyang, because there was an order prohibiting monks from going out in the afternoon, Jia Dao wrote poems and complained, and Han Yu discovered his talent. Later, he was taught by Han Yu and returned to secular life to take part in the imperial examination, but he failed to pass the examination. During the reign of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty, he was marginalized and demoted to the position of Chief Registrar of the Yangtze River. At the beginning of Huichang, Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty joined the army from Puzhou Sicang and was appointed as Sihu. He died of illness before taking office.