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active 806-820 Su Liu

A little-known writer from the Tang dynasty, remembered for compiling anecdotes and historical notes about the era. Although surviving biographical details are scarce, the work linked to this name has helped preserve snapshots of court life and personalities from early medieval China.

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大唐新語

大唐新語

by active 806-820 Su Liu

About the author

Sources available during this search identify Su Liu as a historical Chinese author active around 806–820, but they provide very little firm biographical detail. In cases like this, the safest picture is a modest one: a writer from the Tang period whose name survives mainly through bibliographic records rather than through a full personal history.

The name is associated in library records with classical Chinese writing connected to the Tang era. That makes Su Liu notable less for a well-documented life story than for helping pass along literary and historical material from one of China's most influential dynasties.

Because the online sources found here were sparse and did not clearly confirm personal details such as birthplace, official career, or family background, those details are best left unstated rather than guessed at.