"The years of the were the golden age of Chinese poetry. Nearly fifty thousand poems written during these 300 years are still extant. ...Up to 755 A.D. the Tang Dynasty was in the heyday of its political and military power and its emperors waged a whole series of aggressive wars against China's neighbours. Many were the soldiers who died on the frontiers in these wars, and many were the widowed! Numerous poems were written about the frontier wars and about women lamenting their soldier husbands. Many of the verses composed in the Tang Dynasty and frequently on the lips of the people bitterly exposed the effects of unjust wars on different classes and types of men. For example:"
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Ts'ao Sung
Ts'ao Sung (c. 830 – 910) was a Chinese poet of the .
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