China: Liu Zongyuan (Liu Tsungyuan, courtesy name Zizhou, 773-819), Tang Dynasty classicist and writer.

Liu Zongyuan was a Chinese writer who lived in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty. Liu was born in present-day Yongji, Shanxi. Along with Han Yu, he was a founder of the Classical Prose Movement. He was traditionally classed as one of the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song.

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