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Which poet, known for his 'rivers-and-mountains' (shanshui) verse, was also a Tang dynasty painter credited with founding the Southern school of landscape painting?
Answer: Wang Wei — Wang Wei (699–759) was a devout Buddhist whose poems achieve a stillness that mirrors Chan (Zen) meditation—Su Shi later wrote of him: 'In Wang Wei's poems there is painting; in his paintings, there is poetry.'
- A Meng Haoran
- B Li Bai
- C Du Fu
- D Wang Wei ✓
Wang Wei (699–759) was a devout Buddhist whose poems achieve a stillness that mirrors Chan (Zen) meditation—Su Shi later wrote of him: 'In Wang Wei's poems there is painting; in his paintings, there is poetry.'